pf rules

[kalin m]

thanks...  i was under the impression that if you have everything 
blocked the initial syn request will be ignored. it doesn't make sense 
otherwise....


Jason V. Miller wrote:
> Others have already given some good feedback (and asked some good
> questions), but:
>
>   
>> pass out all keep state
>>     
>
> You're allowing out the initial TCP SYN, and creating a state entry for the
> connection here. You should be able to make outgoing connections anywhere
> with this rule.
>
> Once a state entry gets created, the state table will match on the traffic
> for the session, and the rules list won't have to be evaluated.
>
> J.
>
>