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authordd <dd@FreeBSD.org>2001-03-16 01:28:11 +0000
committerdd <dd@FreeBSD.org>2001-03-16 01:28:11 +0000
commit7f442388973f2610901371a054c2c72dfac0ca14 (patch)
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parent2853c4c6199fe128554def6710f9aea4af698253 (diff)
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Explain that TCP fragments with an offset of 1 are reported as being
dropped by rule -1 if logging is enabled. PR: 25796 Submitted by: Crist J. Clark <cjclark@alum.mit.edu> Approved by: nik
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diff --git a/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8 b/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8
index 5b8b82e..e2815fd 100644
--- a/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8
+++ b/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8
@@ -1075,7 +1075,8 @@ There is one kind of packet that the firewall will always
discard, that is a TCP packet's fragment with a fragment offset of
one.
This is a valid packet, but it only has one use, to try
-to circumvent firewalls.
+to circumvent firewalls. When logging is enabled, these packets are
+reported as being dropped by rule -1.
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