Firewall "Quick Rule" tip

[faris]

Hmm...

I just discovered that when you use the Quick Rule method to add an IP to the firewall, it gets added as an APPEND, right at the bottom of the firewall chain, below ASL-Firewall-INPUT. Since ASL-Firewall-INPUT blocks anything that's not in your list of allowed ports, anything after that entry in the table is unlikely to do much good.

So if you are trying to add one of your own IPs (basically to whitelist it), don't use Quick Rule - use the Add Rule option and select "Insert At" rather than Append. (and double check that you are adding the rule to the INPUT chain in the Filter table).