[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] RE: [FW1] State Table
The state tables are CLEARED if you stop the firewall or unload your policies. You can prove this... On a test firewall module: run $FWDIR/bin/fw tab -t connections -u {displays contents of state table} run $FWDIR/bin/fwstop OR $FWDIR/bin/fw unload localhost run $FWDIR/bin/fw tab -t connections -u Amin Tora, CISSP ePlus Technology http://www.eplus.com NASDAQ: PLUS >-----Original Message----- >From: Chris Arnold [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2001 8:46 AM >To: 'Juppunov, George '; '[email protected] ' >Subject: RE: [FW1] State Table > >Not true. Think about it...if you shutdown the FW service, the state tables >are gone. Why would the underlying OS hold some data structure in memory >just in case the service that created it decides to respawn? > >Chris > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Juppunov, George >>To: [email protected] >>Sent: 5/17/01 6:47 PM >>Subject: RE: [FW1] State Table >> >>Your connections will be "suspended", and dropped after the timeout >>expires. >>In other words you can stop and start your firewall in the middle of the >>day without >>impacting production. >> >>George ================================================================================ To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================================================
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