From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 25 13:23:35 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id NAA10545 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 25 Nov 1996 13:23:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA10531 for ; Mon, 25 Nov 1996 13:23:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.3/8.6.12) with SMTP id NAA01422; Mon, 25 Nov 1996 13:24:27 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 13:24:27 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: The ROOT of all Evilz cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IPFIREWALL option In-Reply-To: <199611201518.KAA02650@wam2.wamnet.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 20 Nov 1996, The ROOT of all Evilz wrote: > I'm running FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE on an intel platform with 20mb of > memory. Im trying to recompile with the options IPFIREWALL added to > the GENERIC config file. Whenever I compile the kernel with this > option the make CRASHES hard.... > Is there a solution for this? I've tried compiling with and > without "pseudo-device bpfilter 1" > please cc waveman@wamnetrunner.com as I am not on the mailing > list for questions. Thanks a lot. Don't forget to create a basic rule for the ipfw option. The default is to deny all, ie disable all net traffic. There is an option in /etc/sysconfig which sets a more resonable default during the boot sequence. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major