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Date:      Fri, 18 Jul 2003 13:07:04 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>
To:        Bosko Milekic <bmilekic@technokratis.com>
Cc:        arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Things to remove from /rescue
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1030718130619.75563C-100000@fledge.watson.org>
In-Reply-To: <20030718111410.GA28377@technokratis.com>

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On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, Bosko Milekic wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 07:44:38AM -0700, Wes Peters wrote:
> [...]
> > > I believe that sysctl only affects ipfw, so people using ipfilter might
> > > still need ipf if ipfilter defaults to block as well.
> > 
> > It would seem advisable to add such a sysctl for ipfilter.  Any 
> > objections, Darren?
> 
>   How about having both ipfw and ipfilter check the same sysctl 'allow
>   all by default' knob?  

Well, there are actually people who run with both, and you can probably
fairly easily imagine scenarios where you'd want them to be independent.
Also, you don't want management tools to be confused about which they're
twiddling.

Robert N M Watson             FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects
robert@fledge.watson.org      Network Associates Laboratories




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