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Date:      Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:10:45 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Marcin Wisnicki <mwisnicki+freebsd@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: kern/155927: [ipfw] ipfw stops to check bags for compliance with the rules, letting everything Rules
Message-ID:  <imqmfl$812$1@dough.gmane.org>
References:  <201103280614.p2S6EKUC032325@freefall.freebsd.org> <20110328064454.GA63583@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> <20110328173822.J33521@sola.nimnet.asn.au>

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On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:51:06 +1100, Ian Smith wrote:

> On Mon, 28 Mar 2011, Luigi Rizzo wrote:
>  > On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 06:14:20AM +0000, linimon@freebsd.org wrote:
>  > > Old Synopsis: Ipfw stops to check bags for compliance with the
>  > > rules, letting everything Rules New Synopsis: [ipfw] ipfw stops to
>  > > check bags for compliance with the rules, letting everything Rules
>  > > 
>  > > Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-standards->freebsd-ipfw
>  > > Responsible-Changed-By: linimon
>  > > Responsible-Changed-When: Mon Mar 28 06:13:10 UTC 2011
>  > > Responsible-Changed-Why:
>  > > reclassify, although I do not think there is enough information
>  > > here to proceed.
>  > 
>  > interesting use of the term 'bag' for 'packet'!
> 
> Even with that cleared up, I can't make out what it may have to do with
> syslogging .. perhaps one of our Russian speakers could intermediate?
> 

I think it means that if newsyslog rotates /var/log/security then ipfw 
warnings are not logged anymore ;)

I haven't seen such behaviour myself and that file is handled by syslog 
just like many others.




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