Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 21:04:46 -0500 From: David Kelly <dkelly@HiWAAY.net> To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Update Firewall Rules Message-ID: <200305222104.46859.dkelly@HiWAAY.net> In-Reply-To: <Sea1-F44bF503zJLTz7000278e4@hotmail.com> References: <Sea1-F44bF503zJLTz7000278e4@hotmail.com>
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On Thursday 22 May 2003 03:16 am, Carolyn Longfoot wrote: > How do I switch the firewall rules on a system without rebooting? > I tried executing /etc/rc.firewall OPEN > for example but the same rule set is put in place again that is > defined in /etc/rc.conf. > > I'm sure there's a simple answer, thanks in advance! Actually, not as simple as you might like. I didn't want any of the default firewall suites but found they were excellent examples. Got tired of mergemaster wanting to change my /etc/rc.firewall. So I copied it to /etc/my.firewall, added 'firewall_script="/etc/rc.firewall"'to /etc/rc.conf and no longer had any problems. If you really want an open firewall then simply type: % su # ipfw add 1 allow ip from any to any To put things back the way they were: # ipfw delete 1 All the above does is add a new rule at the front of your rule set. Then later remove it so the other rules are once again used. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.
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