PF firewall setting for network programming

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Network programming newb.....just playing around with some code I found online.
The port that the program is listening on is 3490, in the PF firewall manager, what service should be selected with port 3490 to ensure proper communication during a telnet session?
Should I setup telnet for outgoing and incoming via port 3490?

Below is the pic of my firewall manager



I'm using emacs, if that helps

[drulavigne]

Are you just telnetting to the port? If so, you only need to open port 3490 and issue the port number to the telnet command:

telnet IP 3490

If the service you are connecting to creates a back connection, you will need to create an incoming rule for the port(s) it uses for that connection.

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thanks for the reply.

I'm using putty to telnet to IP address and port 3490.
So in PF firewall, there should be an entry of the following:

telnet - incoming - 3490
telnet - outgoing - 3490

If this is what you are suggesting, I have tried this. That's the "Unknown" service entry in the picture I attached. It changes from telnet to unknown after awhile

What would happen is, telnet session will connect, but I cannot communicate during session.

I don't see the customized welcome message for each new accepted connection that is in the program

I type in the telnet window, but the program don't receive the message

If I do netstat -a, I see the Recv-Q with bytes of pending data, but Send-Q is empty

I executed different programming projects, from different websites, but same results. So I assume that my firewall settings are to blame

[drulavigne]

If you temporarily disable the firewall does the problem disappear? If so, it is a problem with the firewall rule. Double-check that the application does not need to connect back on a port to the PC-BSD system.

Also, I've never used putty to telnet so I am not sure if it operates the same as command line telnet. Have you successfully used putty to telnet to a service before? (If so, ignore this last statement)

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I originally disabled the firewall and the same result

I'm able to ssh via putty, which gives a prompt for login credentials

this is very strange