Do you block UDP? I am asking this because, I *used* do a block on all UDP except the DNS port and had exactly the same problem.
Regards S. Indian Institute of Information Technology Subhro Sankha Kar Block AQ-13/1, Sector V Salt Lake City PIN 700091 India > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Schmehl > Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 1:09 > To: FreeBSD questions > Subject: Re: ipfw lost its mind? > > --On Thursday, March 03, 2005 01:48:16 PM -0500 Chuck Swiger > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > TCP connections are bidirectional, therefore you need to add rules which > > allow traffic from all back to your workstation, or else use keep-state > > and check-state to use dynamic rules.... > > The firewall script already had a rule for that: > allow ip from {server} to any > > The problem wasn't that the firewall was *stopping* legitimate packets. > It > was just *slowing them down* like crazy. Very weird. > > Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Adjunct Information Security Officer > The University of Texas at Dallas > AVIEN Founding Member > http://www.utdallas.edu > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]"
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