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List:       linux-ipchains
Subject:    Re: [ipchains] fwchains (2.1.122) + dhcp server = fwchains only ?
From:       Cyrille Chepelov <chepelov () rip ! ens-cachan ! fr>
Date:       1998-10-11 22:59:14
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On Sun, 11 Oct 1998, Paul Rusty Russell wrote:

> > (The dhcp daemon is on the same machine. It doesn't work even though I
> > added "ipchains -A input -i eth0 -j ACCEPT" early in the configuration
> > script).
> This is wierd.  I believe that DHCP uses the 0.0.0.0 IP address on
> packets; would these be dropped by your rules?  Try doing logging (-l)
> on your reject rules to see if what look like DHCP packets are being
> dropped.


That was a stupid silly problem. I just added "ipchains -A output -i eth0
-j ACCEPT" and everything is now smooth.

	-- Cyrille

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