i was able to get an ssh tunnel out w ssh -D 443 -f -C -q -N admin@192.168.0.50
but, "Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at 192.168.0.50."
httpd is just hanging it looks like.
netstat -a on the pfbox reveals that lighttpd is not actually listening to anything, its not listed at all where it should look like:
tcp4 0 0 *.http . LISTEN
which is the case on another pf box on the lan.
kill -HUP PID for lighttpd didnt resolve it either.
i will keep digging
at least we know a rule or snort didn't go haywire
edit
fixed it, originally i had httpd bound to port 443 to enable ssl by default. i killed the pid of lighttpd and manually edited
/var/etc/lighty-webConfigurator.conf
and changed "server.port = 443" back to "server.port = 80"
then start it back up again: /usr/local/sbin/lighttpd -f /var/etc/lighty-webConfigurator.conf
and now:
tcp4 0 0 *.http . LISTEN