From owner-freebsd-security Mon Oct 16 14:14:35 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from virtual.sysadmin-inc.com (lists.sysadmin-inc.com [209.16.228.140]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 457F037B502 for ; Mon, 16 Oct 2000 14:14:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 98wkst ([10.10.1.71]) by virtual.sysadmin-inc.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id RAA10715 for ; Mon, 16 Oct 2000 17:18:34 -0400 Reply-To: From: "Peter Brezny" To: Subject: ipfw startup Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 17:14:39 -0400 Message-ID: <001601c037b6$189ea6c0$47010a0a@fire.sysadmininc.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I'm having difficulty getting ipfw to look at my ruleset on a 4.1-release box. i've compiled in the options needed to the kernel but when the box starts up i get IP packet filtering initialized...rule-based forwarding disabled, default to deny... and of course everything is denied except the loop back device. I've been unable to find any basic get-you-started type info. I'm new to ipfw and just want to use the default rc.firewall for now. I've read the entire security chapter as well as the article on dialup firewall configuration. pointers to any helpful how to info or advice is greatly appreciated. Peter Brezny SysAdmin Services, Inc. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message