diff --git a/Shorewall-docs2/FAQ.xml b/Shorewall-docs2/FAQ.xml index 44f7b26a5..250383aa9 100644 --- a/Shorewall-docs2/FAQ.xml +++ b/Shorewall-docs2/FAQ.xml @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ - 2005-12-09 + 2005-12-28 2001-2005 @@ -919,6 +919,23 @@ LOGBURST="" role="bold">logdrop target -- see /usr/share/shorewall/rfc1918 . + + + If you see packets being dropped in the rfc1918 chain and + neither the source nor the destination IP address is reserved by + RFC 1918, that usually means that you have a old + rfc1918 file in /etc/shorewall (this problem most + frequently occurs if you are running Debian or one if its + derivatives). The rfc1918 file used to + include bogons as well as the three ranges reserved by RFC 1918 + and it resided in /etc/shorewall. The file now only + includes the three RFC 1918 ranges and it resides in /usr/share/shorewall. Remove the + stale rfc1918 file in /etc/shorewall. +