On Fri, 04 Sep 1998 14:05:26 -0400 
 nm <nmanisca@vt.edu> wrote:

 > block in from any to any port < 1024
 > pass in from trusted_host to any
 > pass in from xterm_host to any
 > pass out from any to any
 > 
 > Now from my trusted_host I can ftp in, telnet in, etc and all is well,
 > but when the XTerm is booting it cannot seem to get an ip.
 > 
 > Any suggestions here?

Your xterm_host doesn't have an IP address yet, so its "pass" rule doesn't
get triggered during the bootp phase of the booting process.

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