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Date:      Mon, 01 Jan 2001 13:12:35 -0800
From:      Tom Czarnik <tom@athms.com>
To:        Gerhard Sittig <Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD Security <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: IPFilter and new rc.conf scripts
Message-ID:  <3A50F2C3.BFCB550E@athms.com>
References:  <20010101034042.8685.qmail@web1003.mail.yahoo.com> <20010101152510.R253@speedy.gsinet>

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Gerhard Sittig wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Dec 31, 2000 at 19:40 -0800, echelon wrote:
> >
> > PR conf/22859 explains why ipf can't work on tun0
> > after reboot. So the ad-hoc solution is to put "ipf
> > -y" in /etc/ppp/ppp.linkup.
> 
> "ipf -y" is what you need in ppp.linkup -- as well as in
> ppp.linkdown -- anyway as soon as you have dynamic IP addresses
> on your tun* interfaces.  So I wouldn't call this just "ad hoc"
> but more "given almost by default and necessity". :)  This will
> make the 0.0.0.0/32 address in your rules work very much like
> MYADDR in ppp(8) syntax does.

Let me reiterate that the problem of IPF needing a resync affects
BOTH tun and interfaces loaded as modules. It needs to be fixed
in rc.network for both conditions, and only in ppp.linkup/down
if you are using a dynamic address.


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