Dear list: I am having a weird problem with shorewall rejecting openvpn packets unless I include some redundant rules, that shorewall complains about (but that make things work). Below are the shorewall files and the resulting logs. Unless I uncomment the last 8 ACCEPTS in the rules file, I get Rejects of openvpn traffic from shorewall. Uncommenting those lines makes shorewall complain during bootup as it is working through the rules file before prompting for login.
Any ideas?? TIA, Rick The shorewall zones file is net NET Internet loc Local Local Networks vpn1 VPN-ipsec RoadWarrior bpn3 WLAN-openvpn openvpn The interfaces file is net eth0 detect norfc1918 loc eth1 detect dhcp vpn1 ipsec0 vpn3 tun0 The tunnels file is ipsec net 0.0.0.0/0 vpn1 generic:udp:5000 loc 192.168.1.0/24 vpn3 firewall: -root- # more policy # # Shorewall 1.4 -- Sample Policy File For Two Interfaces ### #SOURCE DEST POLICY LOG LEVEL LIMIT:BURST loc net ACCEPT # If you want open access to the Internet from your Firewall # remove the comment from the following line. #fw net ACCEPT loc vpn1 ACCEPT #loc vpn2 ACCEPT loc vpn3 ACCEPT fw vpn3 ACCEPT net vpn3 ACCEPT vpn1 loc ACCEPT #vpn2 loc ACCEPT vpn3 loc ACCEPT vpn3 fw ACCEPT vpn3 net ACCEPT fw loc ACCEPT net all DROP ULOG all all REJECT ULOG #LAST LINE -- ADD YOUR ENTRIES ABOVE THIS LINE -- DO NOT REMOVE firewall: -root- # more rules # # Shorewall version 1.4 - Sample Rules File For Two Interfaces # PORT PORT(S) DEST # # Accept DNS connections from the firewall to the network # ACCEPT fw net tcp 53 ACCEPT fw net udp 53 # # Accept SSH connections from the local network for administration # ACCEPT loc fw tcp 22 ACCEPT net:137.45.192.73 fw tcp 22 ACCEPT net:137.45.34.77 fw tcp 22 ACCEPT net:137.45.192.86 fw tcp 22 # # Allow Ping To And From Firewall # ACCEPT loc fw icmp 8 ACCEPT net fw icmp 8 ACCEPT fw loc icmp 8 ACCEPT fw net icmp 8 # Rules for openvpn (despite policies being set) #ACCEPT loc fw all #ACCEPT fw loc all #ACCEPT loc net all #ACCEPT net loc all #ACCEPT vpn3 fw all #ACCEPT fw vpn3 all #ACCEPT vpn3 net all #ACCEPT net vpn3 all # # Bering specific rules: # allow loc to fw udp/53 for dnscache to work # allow loc to fw tcp/80 for weblet to work # .... deleted for brevity.... firewall: -root- # The logs that result from the 8 ACCEPT lines being commented out are: f3:08:00 SRC=192.168.1.3 DST=192.168.1.254 LEN=88 TOS=00 PREC=0x00 TTL=128 ID=21018 PROTO=UDP SPT=5000 DPT=5000 LEN=68 Dec 9 11:18:48 firewall Shorewall:all2all:REJECT: IN=eth1 OUT= MAC=00:02:e3:12:7d:94:00:0e:35:15:24:f3:08:00 SRC=192.168.1.3 DST=192.168.1.254 LEN=88 TOS=00 PREC=0x00 TTL=128 ID=21079 PROTO=UDP SPT=5000 DPT=5000 LEN=68 Dec 9 11:18:58 firewall Shorewall:all2all:REJECT: IN=eth1 OUT= MAC=00:02:e3:12:7d:94:00:0e:35:15:24:f3:08:00 SRC=192.168.1.3 DST=192.168.1.254 LEN=88 TOS=00 PREC=0x00 TTL=128 ID=21154 PROTO=UDP SPT=5000 DPT=5000 LEN=68 Dec 9 11:19:09 firewall Shorewall:all2all:REJECT: IN=eth1 OUT= MAC=00:02:e3:12:7d:94:00:0e:35:15:24:f3:08:00 SRC=192.168.1.3 DST=192.168.1.254 LEN=88 TOS=00 PREC=0x00 TTL=128 ID=21207 PROTO=UDP SPT=5000 DPT=5000 LEN=68 Dec 9 11:19:18 firewall Shorewall:all2all:REJECT: IN=eth1 OUT= MAC=00:02:e3:12:7d:94:00:0e:35:15:24:f3:08:00 SRC=192.168.1.3 DST=192.168.1.254 LEN=88 TOS=00 PREC=0x00 TTL=128 ID=21256 PROTO=UDP SPT=5000 DPT=5000 LEN=68 Dec 9 11:19:30 firewall Shorewall:all2all:REJECT: IN=eth1 OUT= MAC=00:02:e3:12:7d:94:00:0e:35:15:24:f3:08:00 SRC=192.168.1.3 DST=192.168.1.254 LEN=88 TOS=00 PREC=0x00 TTL=128 ID=21329 PROTO=UDP SPT=5000 DPT=5000 LEN=68 Dec 9 11:19:40 firewall Shorewall:all2all:REJECT: IN=eth1 OUT= MAC=00:02:e3:12:7d:94:00:0e:35:15:24:f3:08:00 SRC=192.168.1.3 DST=192.168.1.254 LEN=88 TOS=00 PREC=0x00 TTL=128 ID=21381 PROTO=UDP SPT=5000 DPT=5000 LEN=68 Dec 9 11:19:50 firewall Shorewall:all2all:REJECT: IN=eth1 OUT= MAC=00:02:e3:12:7d:94:00:0e:35:15:24:f3:08:00 SRC=192.168.1.3 DST=192.168.1.254 LEN=88 TOS=00 PREC=0x00 TTL=128 ID=21433 PROTO=UDP SPT=5000 DPT=5000 LEN=68 ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html