Re: RE: Example firewall script

[mayhem <mayhem () recursiva org>]

On Sat, 2005-08-27 at 12:41 -0400, ericscher () mac com wrote:

> However, Access Control Lists are not firewalls.
> Yes, we use them as firewalls, but that's not what
> they are.
>
> ACL's ARE TRAFFIC SHAPING DEVICES. 

ACL identify what traffic you are dealing with. 
what to do with/on that traffic always depends.
you can re-route, shape, filter, crypt, nat and so on

[snip]
> ACL's analyze traffic from top to bottom, so 
> keep your most specific entries at the top, 
> with more general entries near the bottom; 

ok, but ...

> and do your "permits" before your "denys".

this is not always true.
in a nat scenario you may want to crypt all the traffic, exept the one
that will be send in your entreprise vpn. you first need to deny the
specific traffic of your "private" networks, then allow the remaining..

in a filtering scenario of a bastion router you first refuse
private/reserved addresses from outside, than you allow any to your http
port....

> This subject REALLY calls for a book, not 
> an e-mail response. I've said very little 
> in this post and look at all the room 
> it took up.

it's true, so please, do not generalize in this way ...

a still working mayhem :(
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