On Sun, 2007-04-15 at 14:17 -0700, Tom Eastep wrote:
> Karsten Bräckelmann wrote:
> 
> > ===================================================================
> > --- Shorewall-common/macro.IPP      (revision 5936)
> > +++ Shorewall-common/macro.IPP      (working copy)
> > @@ -9,4 +9,5 @@
> >  #ACTION    SOURCE  DEST    PROTO   DEST    SOURCE  ORIGINAL        RATE    
> > USER/
> >  #                          PORT    PORT(S) DEST            LIMIT   GROUP
> >  PARAM      -       -       tcp     631
> > +PARAM      -       -       udp     631
> >  #LAST LINE -- ADD YOUR ENTRIES BEFORE THIS ONE -- DO NOT REMOVE
> 
> Karsten,
> 
> Have you tested this? I though that IPP used UDP 631 broadcasts; if so,
> you need to also include the (very insecure) rule:
> 
>       PARAM   DEST    SOURCE  udp     -       631
> 
> That allows any UDP traffic with source port 631 in the reverse direction.

That would be the "note" in my previous post, no?  Anyway, why should
one accept traffic from port 631 to a random destination port, if the
CUPS server is listening on dest port 631 only?

Unfortunately I don't have the time to test this right now, but
hopefully I'll get around to it soon.

  karsten


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