On 2004-07-12 23:15, Luke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is the scariest of these rules: > pass in quick proto udp from ip.of.remote.DNS/32 port = 53 to any
Well, paranoia is ok some times. At least, as long as it doesn't stop you from doing your work ;-) However, given a good named setup (ACLs in named.conf that make sure no transfers or queries allowed to anyone, except for those that really need to ask *your* named) you shouldn't have serious problems even with rules like these: pass in quick proto udp from any port = 53 to any pass in quick proto udp from any to any port = 53 pass out quick proto udp from any port = 53 to any pass out quick proto udp from any to any port = 53 > Is this safe? It depends on the setup of your named, I guess. > pass out quick proto udp from my.internal.address.range to any keep state > [...] However, I have a problem with that [...] If stateful UDP:53 is a problem because of the load you have, you might want to consider the following setup: - Allow all packets to/from port 53 of your ISP's named (without keeping state information in the firewall). - Set up your ISP's named as a "forwarder". Giorgos _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"