Can't you just allow udp from you nfs server ip? in rc.firewall: ${fwcmd} add pass udp from ${ip} to NFS-SERVER ${fwcmd} add pass udp from NFS-SERVER to ${ip} Milan On Thu, 10 May 2001, Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alfred Perlstein > writes: > > * Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010509 17:32] wrote: > > > does anyone know what rules one needs to get nfs through ipfw? > > > > > > thank you so much, Sam > > > > Please do a web search, the way RPC services are done it's a difficult > > task to acomplish. > > Not only difficult but leaves large enough holes in your firewall to > drive a Mack truck though it. > > Even if you could mitigate the holes in your firewall, the NFS protocol > is extremely insecure which can lead to total compromise of your site. > If both sites are trusted, e.g. managed by you personally, you could > set up a VPN tunnel between both sites and route your NFS traffic > through it. Having said that, I personally don't even allow NFS > traffic through my VPN tunnels, as I try to keep sites as separate as > possible reducing the risk of total compromise, should one of the sites > be compromised, by containing any damage to only one site and if I can > to one machine. > > > Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 > Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 > Team Leader, Sun/Alpha Team Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA > Province of BC > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message