nat and dynamic external address

2010-08-04 Thread Michael
Hello. Am I right thinking that "if interface" and "reset" parameters should be enough to handle changing address (DHCP) on external interface? My rules: ipfw -q nat 1 config reset if $if_ext log same_ports ipfw -q add nat 1 udp from $jail_ip to $dns out xmit $if_ext jail $jail_jid ipfw -q ad

Re: kern/97504: [ipfw] IPFW Rules bug

2010-08-04 Thread olli
Synopsis: [ipfw] IPFW Rules bug State-Changed-From-To: open->closed State-Changed-By: olli State-Changed-When: Wed Aug 4 15:07:12 UTC 2010 State-Changed-Why: According to the originator, this PR can be closed. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=97504 _

Re: kern/97504: [ipfw] IPFW Rules bug

2010-08-04 Thread Oliver Fromme
The following reply was made to PR kern/97504; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Oliver Fromme To: bug-follo...@freebsd.org, freebsd-ipfw@FreeBSD.org, marcelo...@hotmail.com (Marcelo Machado) Cc: Subject: Re: kern/97504: [ipfw] IPFW Rules bug Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 15:38:13 +0200 (CEST)

Re: kern/97504: [ipfw] IPFW Rules bug

2010-08-04 Thread Oliver Fromme
Hello Marcelo, I just stumbled across this old PR which is still open. Apparently the problem was caused by missing DNS access, not a bug in IPFW itself. Note that DNS queries often happen "behind the scenes". Even if you use IP numbers only, many programs will try to perform reverse-lookup. D