Choicenet filters disappear - is it a BUG?????

Ilia Zubkov (mur57@redline.ru)
Sun, 23 Mar 1997 19:10:24 +0400 (GMT+0400)

Would anyone please tell me what really happens: the portmaster forgets the
filter rules and permits any packets after several minutes since the
connection is established or the portmaster simply does not display the
filter rules????

Actually I have noticed the following:

I can see a choicenet filter rules by 'show filter <filter_name>' command:
pm0> sh fil d101.in
1 permit 194.87.101.0/24 0.0.0.0/0 icmp
2 permit 194.87.101.0/24 0.0.0.0/0 tcp estab
and so on....

After several minutes this feature is disabled nevertheless the user is
still online:
pm0> sh fil d101.in
Couldn't find filter d101.in
pm0> ping ppp14
ppp14 (194.87.101.14) is alive

Nevertheless the port still shows the filter is attached:
pm0> sh s4
----------------------- Current Status - Port S4 ---------------------------
Status: ESTABLISHED

Active Configuration Default Configuration
-------------------- ---------------------
Remote Host: ppp14.redline.ru
Netmask: 255.255.255.255 0.0.0.0
Interface: ptp4 (PPP,Quiet,Compres (SLIP,Quiet)
Mtu: 1500 1500
Async Map: L:00000000 R:000a0000 00000000
Pkt Filters: In:d101.in Out:d101.out
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Sincerely yours,

Ilia Zubkov,
the REDLINE network director