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Subject: Re: "established" data connections and ftp
From: sag1141 @ str . daimler-benz . com (Klaus-Dieter Lehle)
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 94 8:44:00 MET
To: z056716 @ uprc . com (LaCoursiere J. D. (Jeff))
Cc: firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <9408022300 . AA00848 @ cygnus . uprc . com>; from "LaCoursiere J. D. (Jeff)" at Aug 2, 94 4:00 pm
Reply-to: lehle @ str . daimler-benz . com

lehle @
 str .
 daimler-benz .
 com
> 
> 
> Sorry - deleted the post I am referring to before I had a chance to reply.
> The poster mentioned a solution to the problem of ftp transfers in a
> screening router environment.  The solution was something to the effect:
> Allow packets from all external hosts with source port 20 to all (or
> some subset of) internal hosts with destination port > 1023, established.
> 
> The only part I disagree with is the "established" part; I am assuming this
> is referring to passing/not passing the "start of connection" packet, or the
> packet that contains both SYN and ACK.  It is my understanding that by
> using this keyword in your access lists, the remote machines would have a
> difficult time initiating the data connection...
> 
> I am also assuming that the above would be applied as an outbound access list
> on the internal side of the screening router, as the rest would not make
> sense otherwise...
> 
> Do I have this incorrect?
> 
> 
>         ______/   Jeff LaCoursiere                   FastLane Communications
>        /          Network security/services          mail info @
 flc .
 uprc .
 com
>       ___/        lacoursj @
 uprc .
 com
>      /
>   __/  ASTLANE  Communications!  Connecting America to the Internet...
>         
> 
> 
> 

I don't know if CISCO has fixed the bug, that you could use either the
port-number or the established keyword. I haven't seen anything in the
release-notes.


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