[FW1] How do rpc rules work?

[John Schoonover <john.schoonover@usa.net>]

Colleagues,

I'm having trouble defining rpc rules that will work properly. Since
nothing seems to be in the FW-1 archives about this problem, please give
me a hand.

The current rules looks something like:

A Internal_client -> External_serveur rpc_service accept long etc.
B Internal_client -> External_serveur any accept long etc.

This is the only way I have been able to get the service to work.

Now, the log shows rule B doing

accept sunrpc Internal_client External_serveur 

Then rule A shows

accept port# Internal_client External_serveur with info column "rpc_prog
'program# for rpc_service'".

Why doesn't rule A accept rpc_service?

TIA for any help you can give me.

John


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