From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 11 15:57:45 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E59D0106566B for ; Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:57:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd.user@seibercom.net) Received: from qw-out-2122.google.com (qw-out-2122.google.com [74.125.92.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 933218FC14 for ; Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:57:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qw-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 5so1663749qwi.7 for ; Sun, 11 Apr 2010 08:57:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.224.91.202 with SMTP id o10mr1008255qam.175.1271001464108; Sun, 11 Apr 2010 08:57:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (c-67-189-160-65.hsd1.ny.comcast.net [67.189.160.65]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 6sm6913987qwk.51.2010.04.11.08.57.42 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 11 Apr 2010 08:57:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: freebsd.user@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A28A922839 for ; Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:57:41 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.96 at scorpio.seibercom.net Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:57:40 -0400 From: Jerry To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100411115740.7bbf7f88@scorpio.seibercom.net> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.5 (GTK+ 2.18.7; i386-portbld-freebsd7.3) Face: 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 X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR X-Face: %w26Xx*^+moP{$gQJ3pY@y!8g&-n%/zKp; aE#\*zy9L1X$QU7)|K"# QM:ob~"(eWt{P?#Ec;|v]#G"{{WZF-rt\4n1IS3I[w>Z Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: IPFW and separate data files. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:57:46 -0000 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 Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________ Birth, n.: The first and direst of all disasters. Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"