Fix bug in identification timout handling.

[fwd] / fw.1

diff --git a/fw.1 b/fw.1
index 4419f14..d90d9d9 100644 (file)
--- a/fw.1
+++ b/fw.1
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .\" -*-nroff-*-
 .\"
-.\" $Id: fw.1,v 1.15 2003/01/24 20:13:04 mdw Exp $
+.\" $Id: fw.1,v 1.17 2003/11/29 20:36:07 mdw Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Manual page for fw
 .\"
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@
 .\" ---- Revision history ---------------------------------------------------
 .\" 
 .\" $Log: fw.1,v $
+.\" Revision 1.17  2003/11/29 20:36:07  mdw
+.\" Privileged outgoing connections.
+.\"
+.\" Revision 1.16  2003/11/25 14:46:50  mdw
+.\" Update docco for new options.
+.\"
 .\" Revision 1.15  2003/01/24 20:13:04  mdw
 .\" Fix bogus examples.  Explain quoting rules for `exec' endpoints.
 .\"
@@ -1077,11 +1083,23 @@ The
 .B inet
 source address accepts the following options:
 .OS "Socket options"
-.BR socket.inet. [ allow | deny ]
-.RB [ from ]
-.I address
+.B socket.inet.source.addr
+.RB [ = ]
+.RR any | \c
+.I addr
+.OD
+Specify the IP address on which to listen for incoming connections.  The
+default is
+.BR any ,
+which means to listen on all addresses, though it may be useful to
+specify this explicitly, if the global setting is different.
+.OE
+.OS "Socket options"
+.BR socket.inet.source. [ allow | deny ]
+.RB [ host ]
+.I addr
 .RB [ /
-.IR address ]
+.IR addr ]
 .OD
 Adds an entry to the source's access control list.  If only one
 .I address
@@ -1094,6 +1112,56 @@ and
 mean the same), and the entry applies to any address which, when masked
 by the netmask, is equal to the masked network address.
 .OE
+.OS "Socket options"
+.BR socket.inet.source. [ allow | deny ]
+.B priv-port
+.OD
+Accept or reject connections from low-numbered `privileged' ports, in
+the range 0--1023.
+.OE
+.OS "Socket options"
+.B socket.inet.dest.addr
+.RB [ = ]
+.RR any | \c
+.I addr
+.OD
+Specify the IP address to bind the local socket to when making an
+outbound connection.  The default is
+.BR any ,
+which means to use whichever address the kernel thinks is most
+convenient.  This option is useful if the destination is doing
+host-based access control and your server is multi-homed.
+.OE
+.OS "Socket options"
+.B socket.inet.dest.priv-port
+.RB [=]
+.BR yes | no
+.OD
+Make a privileged connection (i.e., from a low-numbered port) to the
+target.  This only works if
+.B fw
+was started with root privileges.  However, it still works if
+.B fw
+has
+.I dropped
+privileges after initialization (the
+.B \-s
+option).  Before dropping privileges, 
+.B fw
+forks off a separate process which continues to run with root
+privileges, and on demand passes sockets bound to privileged ports and
+connected to the appropriate peer back to the main program.  The
+privileged child only passes back sockets connected to peer addresses
+named in the configuration; even if the
+.B fw
+process is compromised, it can't make privileged connections to other
+addresses.  Note that because of this privilege separation, it's also
+not possible to reconfigure
+.B fw
+to make privileged connections to different peer addresses later. by
+changing configuration files and sending the daemon a
+.BR SIGHUP .
+.OE
 .PP
 The access control rules are examined in the order: local entries first,
 then global ones, each in the order given in the configuration file.
@@ -1502,11 +1570,28 @@ exec
 .RB [ = ]
 .BR yes | no
 .PP
-.BR socket.inet. [ allow | deny ]
-.RB [ from ]
-.I address
+.BR socket.inet.source. [ allow | deny ]
+.RB [ host ]
+.I addr
 .RB [ /
-.IR address ]
+.IR addr ]
+.br
+.BR socket.inet.source. [ allow | deny ]
+.B priv-port
+.br
+.B socket.inet.source.addr
+.RB [ = ]
+.BR any | \c
+.I addr
+.br
+.B socket.inet.dest.addr
+.RB [ = ]
+.BR any | \c
+.I addr
+.br
+.B socket.inet.dest.priv-port
+.RB [=]
+.BR yes | no
 .PP
 .BR socket.unix.fattr. *
 .