Tom Allison wrote:
> Isn't the following redundant:
> 
> net            $FW             DROP            info
> net            loc             DROP            info
> net             all             DROP            info
> 
> 
> in that the last rule (net all) will DROP everything and therefore the 
> only additional input for this interraction would be under rules.
> 
> similarly
> 
> loc   net  ACCEPT
> loc   $FW  REJECT
> loc   all  REJECT
> 
> doesn't require the "loc  $FW  REJECT" line for the same reasons.
> 
> True?

See "Logging tips" at http://linuxman.wikispaces.com/PPPPPPS. From a
policy point of view, these policies are redundant but when using
Shorewall-shell, they make the log messages easier to understand.

> 
> Another question:
> I initially tried setting up my interfaces such that:
> 
> net   eth1  detect  dhcp...
> loc   eth0  detect  dhcp...
> 
> but no DHCP entry in rules.  I got a lot of blocked UDP port 53 traffic.

UDP port 53 is DNS, not DHCP.

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