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Date:      Wed, 08 Jul 2020 18:40:15 -0400
From:      Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com>
To:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>,  FreeBSD current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   ipv6_ipfilter_rules= is obsolete ?
Message-ID:  <5F064B4F.5040006@gmail.com>

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In /etc/defaults/rc.conf I see this

ipv6_ipfilter_rules="/etc/ipf6.rules"
# rules definition file for ipfilter,
# see /usr/src/contrib/ipfilter/rules for examples

man 8 ipf  says

ipf -6  ipv4 and ipv6 rules are stored in a single table and can be read 
from a single file. This option is no longer required to load ipv6 rules.

I interrupt this to mean that the ipv6_ipfilter_rules="/etc/ipf6.rules" 
   line in /etc/defaults/rc.conf is obsolete and should be removed 
before RELEASE 13.0 is published for users to use.






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