From owner-cvs-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 11 09:54:20 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87EE616A4A0; Wed, 11 Oct 2006 09:54:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from pittgoth.com (ns1.pittgoth.com [216.38.206.188]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF00243D66; Wed, 11 Oct 2006 09:54:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (net-ix.gw.ai.net [205.134.160.6] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0) by pittgoth.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k9B9sIU7073118 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 11 Oct 2006 05:54:19 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 05:54:11 -0400 From: Tom Rhodes To: Giorgos Keramidas Message-Id: <20061011055411.131cedaf.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20061010223113.GA26942@gothmog.pc> References: <200610100256.k9A2u7SE072234@repoman.freebsd.org> <20061010223113.GA26942@gothmog.pc> Organization: The FreeBSD Project X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.6 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: trhodes@FreeBSD.org, doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls chapter.sgml X-BeenThere: cvs-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the doc and www trees List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 09:54:20 -0000 On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 01:31:14 +0300 Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2006-10-10 02:56, Tom Rhodes wrote: > > trhodes 2006-10-10 02:56:06 UTC > > > > FreeBSD doc repository > > > > Modified files: > > en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls chapter.sgml > > Log: > > Replace some confusing text about "IPFW being loaded/not being loaded/blah" > > with some more relevent and clear text about using rc.conf to load the > > firewall. > > > > PR 99336 > > Discussed with: keramida (follow up to PR, etc.) > > > > Revision Changes Path > > 1.73 +1 -3 doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls/chapter.sgml > > I sort of liked the reference to `rc.conf', which was removed too in > this change though: > > | % hg export 3027adf101b5 > | # HG changeset patch > | # User trhodes > | # Date 1160448966 0 > | # Node ID 3027adf101b54653c2ae78f67f4b198ceb6b3502 > | # Parent ee2bbb8596284cc1e90bb0cf6c51375f1df0bbb0 > | Replace some confusing text about "IPFW being loaded/not being loaded/blah" > | with some more relevent and clear text about using rc.conf to load the > | firewall. > | > | PR 99336 > | Discussed with: keramida (follow up to PR, etc.) > | > | diff a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls/chapter.sgml > | --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls/chapter.sgml > | +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls/chapter.sgml > | @@ -2228,9 +2228,7 @@ options IPV6FIREWALL_DEFAULT_TO_ACCEP > | > | <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename> Options > | > | - If you do not have IPFW compiled into your kernel you will > | - need to load it with the following statement in your > | - /etc/rc.conf: > | + Enable the firewall: > | > | firewall_enable="YES" > | > | % > > Since `/etc/rc.d/ipfw' is smart enough to load ipfw.ko or dummynet.ko > automagically, as needed, is it ok to write this as: > > Enable the firewall in your > /etc/rc.conf file: I was trying to follow the rest of the documentation here, but it would not hurt to have this particular sentence re-added. -- Tom Rhodes