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Date:      Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:57:40 -0400
From:      Jerry <freebsd.user@seibercom.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   IPFW and separate data files.
Message-ID:  <20100411115740.7bbf7f88@scorpio.seibercom.net>

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I am using IPFW on a FreeBSD-7.3 machine. Presently, I am loading
several tables for IPFW. So far, I have just keep the data for the
tables in the actual "ipfw-rules" referenced in the 'rc.conf' file
itself. What I would like to do is keep the data for these tables in
separate files and just have them imported when the firewall is loaded.
I have constructed a simple script that is called from the 'ipfw-rules'
file.

My question is if there is a better way of accomplishing this? Is there
a downside to doing this way? The data for these tables tends to be
dynamic and I would rather work with the separate files than edit the
master one and risk messing it up.

-- 
Jerry
FreeBSD.user@seibercom.net

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