On 9/2/2014 8:25 AM, Steve wrote:
> I have a Shorewall installation which works (almost) perfectly... it 
> implements a firewall bridging an OpenVPN interface, and services on the 
> host running Shorewall - traffic is permitted from the OpenVPN interface 
> to a minimal set of ports - each corresponding to a specific service 
> running on the server running Shorewall.
> 
> My problem is that my syslog is filling with messages of the form:
> 
>> Sep  2 15:37:31 server kernel: [52835.565836]
>> Shorewall:pub2fw:DROP:IN=tun0 OUT= MAC= SRC=SS.SS.SS.SS
>> DST=DD.DD.DD.DD LEN=143 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=8370 DF PROTO=UDP
>> SPT=17500 DPT=17500 LEN=123
> 
> SS.SS.SS.SS is the public IP address of the server that runs the remote 
> OpenVPN endpoint.
> 
> DD.DD.DD.DD is the IP address of the local end-point for the OpenVPN link.
> 
> The source port identifies the traffic as from the Dropbox Lansync 
> protocol.  I know this to be run on the remote server - and I am not in 
> a position to influence the configuration of the remote server. The 
> local server does not support/use the Dropbox Lansync protocol. I am 
> very happy that these packets are dropped... but I'd prefer not to fill 
> my syslog with notifications about this benign dropped packet.
> 
> Please can someone point me towards some minimal change I can make to my 
> Shorewall configuration that will eliminate this recurring syslog 
> message - but otherwise leave Shorewall behaviour as is?

This is Shorewall FAQ 6b. The solution is to add this rule:

DROP    pub     fw      udp     17500

-Tom
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