IPFW problems connecting to port 25!

[Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.]

whizkid at ValueDJ.com wrote:

>I have IPFW setup, and in my ruleset i have the following line
>
>add 04009 allot tcp from any to me dst port 80 in via x10 setup
>add 04010 allow tcp from any to me dst port 25 in via xl0 setup
>
>however if I enable the firewall and try to telnet into port 25, it cannot
>connect..  BUT if I disable the firewall I have NO problems.  With the
>firewall enabled I can browse my webserver with no problem, but I cannot
>connect to port 25..  Any suggestions?
>
>FreeBSD 5.1-Current
>
>ipfw disable firewall I can access port 25 remotely
>ipfw enable firewall it cannot connect to port 25 remotely
>  
>

You do have a rule for established connections?


Kevin Kinsey
DaleCo S.P.