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What are some reasonable filtering rules for a kernel-based packet screen?

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What are some reasonable filtering rules for a kernel-based packet screen?

This example is written specifically for ipfwadm on Linux, but the principles (and even much of the syntax) applies for other kernel interfaces for packet screening on ``open source'' Unix systems.

There are four basic categories covered by the ipfwadm rules:

-A
Packet Accounting
-I
Input firewall
-O
Output firewall
-F
Forwarding firewall

ipfwadm also has masquerading (-M) capabilities. For more information on switches and options, see the ipfwadm man page.

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