kernel-image-2.6-k7 and Shorewall firewall
Hello,
We just did an upgrade on one of our etch servers. It installed a bunch
of new updates including a kernel-image 2.6.18-6-k7. This computer is
running the Shorewall Firewall. Everything seemed to be working OK till we
tried to ping the server.
The firewall is set to let in pings every second:
>From "rules" file inside shorewall - this has always worked:
ACCEPT net $FW icmp 8 - - 1/sec
What iptables-save shows:
-A net2fw -p icmp -m icmp --icmp-type 8 -m limit --limit 1/sec -j ACCEPT
-A net2fw -p icmp -m icmp --icmp-type 0 -m limit --limit 1/sec -j ACCEPT
Should work!
What syslog shows:
Jul 30 08:12:19 spare kernel: Shorewall:net2fw:DROP:IN=eth0 OUT=
MAC=00:14:2a:4a:3c:cf:xx:xx:xx:25:1c:00:08:00 SRC=20x.10x.xxx.11
DST=20x.10x.xxx.38 LEN=84 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=ICMP
TYPE=8 CODE=0 ID=32799 SEQ=8
(numbers change to protect the innocent)
I change the "rules" file to:
ACCEPT net $FW icmp 8 - -
so it just accepts pings and it works just fine.
Seems like something has changed in this new kernel-image. Is it possible
that 1 second in the iptables stuff is no longer 1 second? Do I need to
decrease or increase the time limit? Anyone else run into this? I would
still like to limit the ping rates.
Thanks,
Ken
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