[pmfirewall] ntpdate not working

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From: Alain SMEDTS (alain_smedts@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Aug 04 2000 - 03:04:51 PDT

I'm using pmfirewall on Linux as a gateway to the internet. When installing PMFIREWALL I replied that NTP should be allowed. This is also reflected in pmfirewall.rules.local where everything coming from A.B.C.D/24 is allowed to go to $OUTERNET. From my W98 box I can use ntp without any problem, however from my Linux box, NTP traffic is blocked. >From the log file I can see that this is because ntpdate generates traffic with $OUTERIP, not with $INNERIP. I assume that I have to add a line to allow $OUTERIP access to $OUTERNET on port 123. Is this to be considered a bug in pmfirewall? Is opening this port dangerous?

Thanks,

Alain SMEDTS

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