[tor-commits] [community/master] State that FreeBSD's firewall may get in the way.

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commit 63797754528ace446e9cab859f4c1b432e4d910d
Author: Philipp Winter <phw@xxxxxxxxx>
Date:   Mon Aug 12 13:06:45 2019 -0700

    State that FreeBSD's firewall may get in the way.
---
 content/relay-operations/technical-setup/bridge/freebsd/contents.lr | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/content/relay-operations/technical-setup/bridge/freebsd/contents.lr b/content/relay-operations/technical-setup/bridge/freebsd/contents.lr
index 3fdee50..2ec5c8e 100644
--- a/content/relay-operations/technical-setup/bridge/freebsd/contents.lr
+++ b/content/relay-operations/technical-setup/bridge/freebsd/contents.lr
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ Don't forget to change the `ORPort`, `ServerTransportListenAddr`, `ContactInfo`,
 
 * Note that both Tor's OR port and its obfs4 port must be reachable. If your bridge is behind a firewall or NAT, make sure to open both ports. You can use [our reachability test](https://bridges.torproject.org/scan/) to see if your obfs4 port is reachable from the Internet.
 
+* Are you using FreeBSD's firewall with a "default deny" policy? If so, make sure that your obfs4proxy can talk to your Tor process over the loopback interface.  Don't forget to whitelist Tor's `ExtORPort`.
+
 ### 3. Ensure that the `random_id` sysctl setting is enabled:
 
 ```

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