Re: kernel settings for pf default block

2006-07-05 Thread Nick Guenther
On 7/5/06, Lars Hansson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 06 July 2006 01:35, c.s.r.c.murthy wrote: block all in pf.conf is ok, but it will go away when the rules are flushed for known/unknown reasons. I feel it is desirable to have a kernel parameter that does default blocking when all

Re: kernel settings for pf default block

2006-07-05 Thread Janne Johansson
c.s.r.c.murthy wrote: Hello Matthew, block all in pf.conf is ok, but it will go away when the rules are flushed for known/unknown reasons. I feel it is desirable to have a kernel parameter that does default blocking when all rules are flushed. But the default blocking will go away when the

Re: kernel settings for pf default block

2006-07-05 Thread Ryan McBride
On Wed, Jul 05, 2006 at 02:36:44AM -0400, Nick Guenther wrote: #pftcl -f all echo block all | pfctl -f - then the switch over to the new ruleset is pretty snappy and hardly enough time for any malicious packets to get through. Flushing the ruleset is totally unneccessary when loading a new

Re: kernel settings for pf default block

2006-07-05 Thread Henning Brauer
* c.s.r.c.murthy [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-07-05 07:25]: block all in pf.conf is ok, but it will go away when the rules are flushed for known/unknown reasons. I feel it is desirable to have a kernel parameter that does default blocking when all rules are flushed. then certainly you want

Re: kernel settings for pf default block

2006-07-04 Thread c.s.r.c.murthy
Hello Joachim, Sorry I could not get on internet the answer from Alexey. Can you please give the URL for this. Also please confirm that there is no kernel parameter to make pf block everything by default. Thanks in advance murthy Joachim Schipper wrote: On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at

Re: kernel settings for pf default block

2006-07-04 Thread Matthew R. Dempsky
On Tue, Jul 04, 2006 at 12:12:22PM -0700, c.s.r.c.murthy wrote: Also please confirm that there is no kernel parameter to make pf block everything by default. Yes, there is no kernel parameter to make pf block everything by default. You make pf block everything by default by putting ``block

Re: kernel settings for pf default block

2006-07-04 Thread Joachim Schipper
On Tue, Jul 04, 2006 at 12:12:45PM -0700, c.s.r.c.murthy wrote: Hello Joachim, Sorry I could not get on internet the answer from Alexey. Can you please give the URL for this. Also please confirm that there is no kernel parameter to make pf block everything by default. This has been

Re: kernel settings for pf default block

2006-07-04 Thread c.s.r.c.murthy
Hello Matthew, block all in pf.conf is ok, but it will go away when the rules are flushed for known/unknown reasons. I feel it is desirable to have a kernel parameter that does default blocking when all rules are flushed. murthy Matthew R. Dempsky wrote: On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at

Re: kernel settings for pf default block

2006-07-04 Thread Lars Hansson
On Thursday 06 July 2006 01:35, c.s.r.c.murthy wrote: I feel it is desirable to have a kernel parameter that does default blocking when all rules are flushed. The developers think otherwise: http://www.benzedrine.cx/pf/msg07442.html --- Lars Hansson

kernel settings for pf default block

2006-07-03 Thread c.s.r.c.murthy
Hi, This seems to be widely discussed problem in openbsd pf. There is no kernel parameter that makes the pf to block all packets by default. I have searched on the internet and found some discussion taken place in 2005 regarding this. The discussion concludes no such parameter in kernel.

kernel settings for pf default block

2006-07-03 Thread Alexey E. Suslikov
This seems to be widely discussed problem in openbsd pf. There is no kernel parameter that makes the pf to block all packets by default. I have searched on the internet and found some discussion taken place in 2005 regarding this. The discussion concludes no such parameter in kernel. Are

Re: kernel settings for pf default block

2006-07-03 Thread Joachim Schipper
On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 05:30:44PM -0700, c.s.r.c.murthy wrote: Hi, This seems to be widely discussed problem in openbsd pf. There is no kernel parameter that makes the pf to block all packets by default. I have searched on the internet and found some discussion taken place in 2005