Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 09:34:08 -0400 From: "Antoine Beaupre (LMC)" <Antoine.Beaupre@ericsson.ca> To: Gregory Neil Shapiro <gshapiro@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: rc.firewall change comments request Message-ID: <3B5D7950.8070906@lmc.ericsson.se> References: <3B5C8F47.5050300@lmc.ericsson.se> <15196.44529.197423.239149@horsey.gshapiro.net>
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Gregory Neil Shapiro wrote: > 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 Ah-ah! I knew there was something I was missing. Sorry for the lame complaining. :) A. -- Antoine Beaupré Jambala TCM team Ericsson Canada inc. mailto:antoine.beaupre@ericsson.ca To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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