On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:51:07 -0400
"Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 10:28:04AM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote:
> > On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:59:29 -0400
> > "Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 09:00:06AM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > That helped a bit. It appears that shorewall requires Ipv4 connection
> > > > tracking enabled. Now shorewall comes up and seems to work except that
> > > > dns requests from the firewall fail when it is enabled. (I can ping out
> > > > by address but not by name)
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > What are the contents of /etc/shorewall/policy?
> > > 
> > 
> > $FW all     ACCEPT  -
> > net $FW     DROP    info
> > all all     DROP    info
> > 
> > I then add specific incoming ports in /etc/shorewall/rules
> > 
> And when you say "DNS requests from the firewall" you mean for actual
> applications running on the firewall box itself?  Not something else
> behind the firewall?
> 

The firewall is running on a laptop connecting to a local gateway.

The was a problem pinging from the laptop to the gateway when the firewall was
up. I tried several reboots which didn't solve the problem, but seems to began
working now without me noticing, so I think I will accept the situation and not
try to fix what's not broken

Thanks for the help

> Regards,
> 
> -Roberto
> 


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