Re: [Shorewall-users] Why not allow any:?

2009-06-13 Thread Tom Eastep
Paul Gear wrote: > Since starting to work with Shorewall, i've never been irritated by one > of its design features, which suggests that my brain works the way Tom's > does, and yours doesn't. ;-) Sometimes it's just simpler to find > another product that works closer to the way you think. > I

Re: [Shorewall-users] Why not allow any:?

2009-06-13 Thread Paul Gear
Colin Alston wrote: > On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 5:24 PM, Tom Eastep wrote: > >> By definition, SOURCE = 'all:' implies that packets with the given >> source IP address can originate both on the firewall itself and outside >> of the firewall. Clearly, that isn't possible in any sane network. >> Simi

Re: [Shorewall-users] Why not allow any:?

2009-06-13 Thread Colin Alston
On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 5:24 PM, Tom Eastep wrote: > > By definition, SOURCE = 'all:' implies that packets with the given > source IP address can originate both on the firewall itself and outside > of the firewall. Clearly, that isn't possible in any sane network. > Similarly, where ipsec is invo

Re: [Shorewall-users] Why not allow any:?

2009-06-13 Thread Tom Eastep
Colin Alston wrote: > I've been digging through the various manuals and am a bit irritated > with limitation on the rules system > > Why do I have to specify a source zone to allow a source IP range on all > zones? There is no iptables requirement for anything more than a source > address, so I do

Re: [Shorewall-users] Why not allow any:?

2009-06-13 Thread Christ Schlacta
That's a good question and I've wondered that myself a time or two... On Jun 13, 2009, at 7:55, Colin Alston wrote: > I've been digging through the various manuals and am a bit irritated > with limitation on the rules system > > Why do I have to specify a source zone to allow a source IP range

[Shorewall-users] Why not allow any:?

2009-06-13 Thread Colin Alston
I've been digging through the various manuals and am a bit irritated with limitation on the rules system Why do I have to specify a source zone to allow a source IP range on all zones? There is no iptables requirement for anything more than a source address, so I don't understand why all: does not