Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 16:06:25 -0700 From: Gregory Neil Shapiro <gshapiro@FreeBSD.ORG> To: "Antoine Beaupre (LMC)" <Antoine.Beaupre@ericsson.ca> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: rc.firewall change comments request Message-ID: <15196.44529.197423.239149@horsey.gshapiro.net> In-Reply-To: <3B5C8F47.5050300@lmc.ericsson.se> References: <3B5C8F47.5050300@lmc.ericsson.se>
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Antoine.Beaupre> For example, since alternate setups are sourced using Antoine.Beaupre> "ipfw" instead of the shell, you do not have access to Antoine.Beaupre> valuable variables and conditionals, being limited to Antoine.Beaupre> ipfw' syntax. Antoine.Beaupre> I use conditionals and variables to make the config file Antoine.Beaupre> more readable. Antoine.Beaupre> I think that having a flat ipfw source file is unpractical Antoine.Beaupre> and hard to maintain. Why not just set firewall_script in your /etc/rc.conf? firewall_script="/etc/rc.firewall" # Which script to run to set up the firewall To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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