On 5/11/13 3:08 PM, "Dash Four" <[email protected]> wrote:

>I have a zone (lets call it "net"), which has more than one network
>device attached to it (all interfaces within that zone are optional) and
>also have a catch-all statement in my "policy" file "all all DROP",
>which, I assumed, will produce a DROP rule at the end of each zone2zone
>chain not explicitly defined in that file.
>
>That is indeed the case for 99% of the zones, but for the net2net chain
>I have ACCEPT rule at the end, not DROP. I am certain I do not have any
>such rule either in my "rules" or "policy" files, so I am wondering what
>is the cause for this?

The default intra-zone policy is ACCEPT and that policy is not overridden
by a wildcard policy (one with 'all' in the SOURCE and/or DEST). If you
want a DROP net->net policy then you must specify it explicitly.

-Tom
You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to
skydive twice.





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