> yes, i can. :) the reason this doesnt work is that a telnet > connection is not between your host [port 23] and server host > [port 23]. it is actually between your host [random port number > between 1024 and 65535] and server host [port 23].
> i hope this cleared it up for you? Yes, it did, and thank you for that excellent explanation. It is exactly the info I needed. Obviously my context of logic was not matching the "logic" built into ipfw() and I was perplexed by this problem. Now the rules make sense to me. Thank you again for your patience. Jon To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
