From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 13 11:41:54 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3028037B401 for ; Sun, 13 Jul 2003 11:41:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from v20.computerking.ca (aii1446ly40sc.ab.hsia.telus.net [137.186.210.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 704A243FA3 for ; Sun, 13 Jul 2003 11:41:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rmvg@computerking.ca) Received: from v25 (v22.computerking.ca [192.168.0.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by v20.computerking.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0890610438 for ; Sun, 13 Jul 2003 12:41:57 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: <002001c3496e$70180b40$0200a8c0@v25> From: "RYAN vAN GINNEKEN" To: Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 12:41:56 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: RESET FIREWALL WITHOUT REBOOT X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 18:41:54 -0000 hello group I need to know how to stop and start my firewall rules without resetting = my computer as I am on ADSL and have a dynamic ip that I do not want to = change. seems to change mostly when I reboot mostly. so here is the dilemma I run bind apache bincimap postfix and a few = others it is my only server right now and it cant go down because if I = do not get my clients emails I go bankrupt. I what to set up a firewall and have compiled the necessary items into = the kernel did this when I first set up my system many reboots ago options IPFIREWALL options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE options IPDIVERT I have created a file called rc.fw4 and I have set my rc.conf=20 #ipv4 firewall firewall_enable=3D"YES" firewall_type=3D"/etc/rc.fw4" firewall_script=3D"/etc/rc.firewall" firewall_quiet=3D"NO" IS THERE A WAY ACTIVATE ALL THIS WITHOUT A REBOOT ALSO IS THERE A WAY DE-ACTIVATE ALL THIS WITHOUT A REBOOT IN CASE = SOMETHING GOES WRONG WHICH USUALLY DOES WITH MY FIREWALL RULES www.computerking.ca QUALITY and SERVICE first.