Re: rc.firewall script problems

["Aaron G. Wade" <agw8 () cornell edu>]

Craig,
  After having issues with the cd causing kernel panics(using all
available memory in a system with 1gb ram) I ran in to the same problem
on a box with a 2.6 kernel.  The fix is to replace -i with -m physdev
--physdev-in <interface> on any rule that refers to an interface being
used in the bridge (NOT lo or eth2).
  HTH
-Aaron

> Hello everyone,
>   My rc.firewall (an exact copy of
> http://www.honeynet.org/tools/dcontrol/rc.firewall, except for some
> configuration options) does not work properly. The firewall doesn't log
> anything or allow any connections outbound. After a lot of tinkering, I
> discovered that the -i flag used to specify interface does not seem to be
> working at all. If I remove the -i flag then the firewall sort-of works
> (the
> firewall assumes everything is INBOUND because the inbound lines preceed
> the
> outbound lines). My kernel is 2.6.11.3 and has every netfilter option
> enabled. I have rebuilt iptables several times to no avail.
>   Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this? I get the feeling
> I am
> overlooking something very trivial.
>
> Thanks,
>    Craig Holmes
>
> -------
> Some extra information:
> root@Weltall honeywall # ./rc.firewall
>
> Starting up Bridging mode.
> FATAL: Module ipt_LOG not found.
> FATAL: Module ip_conntrack_ftp not found.
> FATAL: Module ip_conntrack_irc not found.
> root@Weltall honeywall # brctl show
> bridge name     bridge id               STP enabled     interfaces
> br0             8000.0080c8f31cdc       no              eth1
>                                                         eth0
> If I remove all -i interfaces from the script:
> Mar 25 15:25:54 Weltall INBOUND OTHER: IN=br0 OUT=br0 PHYSIN=eth0
> PHYSOUT=eth1
> SRC=xx.xxx.xxx.xxx DST=216.109.118.41 LEN=48 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=128
> ID=1467 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=1117 DPT=80 WINDOW=16384 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0
>
>
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