Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 22:02:29 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: Emre <emre@iris.vsrc.uab.edu> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IPFW Message-ID: <19991227220229.A3327@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <19991227145203.A29810@iris.vsrc.uab.edu>; from emre@iris.vsrc.uab.edu on Mon, Dec 27, 1999 at 02:52:03PM %2B0000 References: <19991227145203.A29810@iris.vsrc.uab.edu>
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On Mon, Dec 27, 1999 at 02:52:03PM +0000, Emre wrote:
> I apologize if this question is not appropriate for this list but...
It is not I'm afraid.
> I'm trying to firewall it using ipfw, when I issue the command
>
> ipfw add deny udp from any to any 1-2200
>
> I get
>
> 00000 deny udp from any to any 1-2200
> ipfw: setsockopt(IP_FW_ADD): Protocol not available
>
> I only changed two lines in the GENERIC kernel. Did I screw it up?
> I assumed packet filtering was enabled in the GENERIC kernel by default.
Wrong assumption. See /sys/i386/conf/LINT for the entries you need
to enable the firewall code.
> Can anyone give me hints on how to fix this, or what this message means?
> I already RTFM and the stuff in the handbook (the man page looks very similar
> to the stuff that was in the handbook).
Is there any reason for you to run -current? Because if there isn't you'd
be better off using a -stable version of FreeBSD.
--
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