ipfw dynamic rule timeout

[Crist J. Clark]

On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 01:00:42AM +0200, Antoine Jacoutot wrote:
> On Tuesday 29 April 2003 22:38, Crist J. Clark wrote:
> > Not sure where you're looking there, but when I BSD Google for "ipfw
> > natd keep-state" the first link is,
> >
> > http://docs.freebsd.org/mail/archive/2002/freebsd-ipfw/20020804.freebsd-ipf
> >w.html
> 
> Thanks, I guess I put in the wrong keywords.
> I read all of this and came to the conclusion that there was no solution to 
> this problem, at least I can't see one.
> I guess I'll have to build my firewall with something else.
> 
> But thanks.

I think several of the articles point to the easiest solution: Don't
use keep-state rules in conjunction with natd(8). Keep-state doesn't
offer you anything more than using natd(8) with stateless rules for
the vast majority of policies.
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                                   |     cjclark at jhu.edu
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