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Date:      Thu, 15 Dec 2005 19:39:20 -0500
From:      Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Valmir Filho <valmir@wbrnet.com.br>
Cc:        doc@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Handbook Errata
Message-ID:  <20051215193920.30a62045.trhodes@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <9310191319.20051215150741@wbrnet.com.br>
References:  <9310191319.20051215150741@wbrnet.com.br>

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On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 15:07:41 -0200
Valmir Filho <valmir@wbrnet.com.br> wrote:

> Doc,
>=20
> Readign    FreeBSD's   Hankbook,   specifically   the   IPFW   chapter
> (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls-ipfw=
.html),
> i=B4ve found that the following:
>=20
> 25.6.3 /etc/rc.conf Options
>=20
> If you do not have IPFW ...
>=20
> firewall_enable=3D"YES"
>=20
> Set the script to run to activate your rules:
>=20
> firewall_script=3D"/etc/ipfw.rules"
>=20
>=20
> My observation is:
>=20
> Reading  /etc/rc.firewall  script  i=B4ve  found  that  the  above  line
> (firewall_script=3D"/etc/ipfw.rules") must be changed to "firewall_type"
> and not "firewall_script".

The 'firewall_type' option is different than the 'firewall_script'
option.  The first one allows you to use a predefined
configuration in /etc/rc.firewall.  The latter one,
'firewall_script' allows you to load a custom firewall ruleset.

--=20
Tom Rhodes



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