Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 17:19:57 -0700 From: Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> To: Chris Pepper <pepper@mail.reppep.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ipfw.8 Message-ID: <20010508171957.A71836@wopr.caltech.edu> In-Reply-To: <p05100300b71e37b7d037@[64.81.19.109]>; from pepper@mail.reppep.com on Tue, May 08, 2001 at 08:02:02PM -0400 References: <p05100300b71e37b7d037@[64.81.19.109]>
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Hi Chris, It looks like all the errors you're seeing are either already fixed in FreeBSD, or exist only in OS X: On Tue, May 08, 2001 at 08:02:02PM -0400, Chris Pepper wrote: > > Note that may be dangerous to filter on the source IP address or source > > TCP/UDP port because either or both could easily be spoofed. # Note that it may be dangerous to filter on the source IP address or # source TCP/UDP port because either or both could easily be spoofed. > >AUTHORS > > Ugen J. S. Antsilevich, > > Poul-Henning Kamp, > > Alex Nash, > > Archie Cobbs. API based upon code written by > > Daniel Boulet for BSDI. > I don't understand this. Should "API based upon code written > by Daniel Boulet for BSDI." all be one (separate) line? It's > confusing as written. # AUTHORS # Ugen J. S. Antsilevich, # Poul-Henning Kamp, # Alex Nash, # Archie Cobbs, # Luigi Rizzo. # # API based upon code written by Daniel Boulet for BSDI. # # Work on dummynet(4) traffic shaper supported by Akamba Corp. > >HISTORY > > ipfw first appeared in # HISTORY # The ipfw utility first appeared in FreeBSD 2.0. dummynet(4) was intro- # duced in FreeBSD 2.2.8. Stateful extensions were introduced in # FreeBSD 4.0. > On a separate point, "ipfw show" as a regular user gets the > response "ipfw: socket: Operation not permitted". With sudo, it > works. If the ipfw command can only be used by root, this should > probably appear in the man page, and generate a clear error when run > as und<>0. This is a good point; anyone know if there are any circumstances where ipfw is useful to non-superusers? -- Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> * Science rules. http://www.pobox.com/~mph/ * To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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