IPFW Configuration
Jonathan
poisondart at optonline.net
Wed Aug 4 18:59:26 PDT 2004
Hello, I am sort of a newbie to IPFW for FreeBSD-5.2.1. I have never
used it and need some help with the configuration. Ok here goes if
anyone can help.
I compiled IPFIREWALL into the kernel with the options to DEFAULT TO
ACCEPT ALL and the VERBOSE=50 option. With the support for IPFW in the
kernel I then added firewall_enable=off to the rc.conf (with some other
options that are commented out at the moment). The reason for having the
firewall off right now is because i was told that rc.firewall in /etc
needed to be configured for my network card (or IP addresses) before it
will be able to work. My box is located at a datacebter and my box is
allocated with about 90 IP addresses (and also the main server IP which
was given to me when i first purchased the line). I would like to know
how to configure /etc/rc.firewall to support my MAIN ip and also how to
make sure the other IPS added to my box are recognized and protected by
the firewall.
Also I noticed in rc.firewall there are different modes to put the
firewall in like simple mode, client mode, etc. (different firewall
powers i guess). It would be greatly appreciated if someone can show me
how to configure ipfw. I could not thank anyone more for the future help
i might recieve on this issue.
If you guys need a copy of rc.conf or rc.firewall in order to help just
email me and i will provide an attachment.
Thamks in advance
Regards,
Jonathan
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