Bug 23342
| Summary: | Inaccuracy of the dialup-firewall tutorial | ||||||
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| Product: | Documentation | Reporter: | ncalvo <ncalvo> | ||||
| Component: | Books & Articles | Assignee: | Jesus <jesusr> | ||||
| Status: | Closed FIXED | ||||||
| Severity: | Affects Only Me | ||||||
| Priority: | Normal | ||||||
| Version: | Latest | ||||||
| Hardware: | Any | ||||||
| OS: | Any | ||||||
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Description
ncalvo
2000-12-07 03:30:01 UTC
If you connect using user-mode PPP, like the majority of FreeBSD users do, tun0 is the correct device. Eric ----- Original Message ----- From: <ncalvo@es.freebsd.org> To: <freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 7:21 PM Subject: docs/23342: Inaccuracy of the dialup-firewall tutorial > > >Number: 23342 > >Category: docs > >Synopsis: Inaccuracy of the dialup-firewall tutorial > >Confidential: no > >Severity: non-critical > >Priority: low > >Responsible: freebsd-doc > >State: open > >Quarter: > >Keywords: > >Date-Required: > >Class: doc-bug > >Submitter-Id: current-users > >Arrival-Date: Wed Dec 06 19:30:01 PST 2000 > >Closed-Date: > >Last-Modified: > >Originator: ncalvo > >Release: 4.2-RELEASE i386 > >Organization: > >Environment: > FreeBSD amnesiac.no.domain 4.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE #2: Thu Dec 7 02:00:29 CET 2000 root@amnesiac.no.domain:/usr/src/sys/compile/AMNESIAC i386 > > >Description: > The "Dialup-firewall" tutorial features an inaccuracy concerning the > name of the device on which the supplied firewall rules operate. > > The supplied ruleset operates on the "tun0" interface. However, when > opening a PPP connection through a modem the "ppp0" interface is used > instead (as reported by /sbin/ifconfig ). > > >How-To-Repeat: > Follow the tutorial and, afterwards, open a ppp conection through a > modem. > > You will find that no traffic is allowed through that connection due > to the following firewall rule > > 65435 deny log ip from any to any > > >Fix: > In the sgml source file of the tutorial, substitute "tun0" for "ppp0". > > I am mailing a patch to both, the author of the tutorial (Marc Silver): > > marcs@draenor.org > > and to the -doc list: > > freebsd-doc@freebsd.org > > > > >Release-Note: > >Audit-Trail: > >Unformatted: > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message > Hello, As a follow up to this short sighted pr that I opened, I have produced a patch. I have been in contact with Marc Silver (the author of the dialup-firewall tutorial) and he has approved the patch. I am enclosing the mentioned patch as an attachment. Thank you. ncalvo _ Responsible Changed From-To: freebsd-doc->jesusr@freebsd.org Working on it. State Changed From-To: open->closed Patch applied. Thanks! |
