Repeated connections to port 25 with firewall

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On 2004-05-24 08:49, "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy at veldy.net> wrote:
> From: "Jonathon McKitrick" <jcm at FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>
> >
> > This is probably a simple question with a simple answer, but I
> > wasn't sure where to look.
[snip]
> You should allow all traffic on your loopback device by default.
> Much like this (for IPFILTER)
>
> pass in quick on lo0 all
> pass out quick on lo0 all

Very true.  I do prefer writing this to explicitly allow only packets
from/to 127.0.0.1/32 though:

	IPFW syntax
	-----------
	add allow ip from 127.0.0.1/32 to 127.0.0.1/32 via lo0
	add deny ip from 127.0.0.0/8 to any
	add deny ip from any to 127.0.0.0/8

	ipfilter syntax
	---------------
	block in from any to any
	block out from any to any
	pass in quick from 127.0.0.1/32 to 127.0.0.1/32 on lo0
	pass out quick from 127.0.0.1/32 to 127.0.0.1/32 on lo0

I've even been tempted to try blocking everything on lo0 and explicitly
allowing only a few selected ports/protocols.  But that's paranoid :-P

- Giorgos