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Date:      Thu, 18 May 2006 12:05:00 -0400
From:      "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   kernel module for ipf
Message-ID:  <fb6605670605180905g3451f7c8j77d6d1af18e08650@mail.gmail.com>

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Hello,

The handbook mentions that ipf should work out of the box in FreeBSD
thanks to a kernel module, but it doesn't say which one.

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls-ipf.html

"IPF is included in the basic FreeBSD install as a separate run time
loadable module. The system will dynamically load the IPF kernel
loadable module when the rc.conf statement ipfilter_enable="YES" is
used. The loadable module was created with logging enabled and the
default pass all options. You do not need to compile IPF into the
FreeBSD kernel just to change the default to block all, you can do
that by just coding a block all rule at the end of your rule set."

I don't see anything under /boot/kernel that looks like a likely
candidate. There's an ipfw.ko, but no ipf or ipfilter. I'd prefer to
not reboot my system just to find out, so could someone point me to
the correct module? I'm running FreeBSD 5.4 with the GENERIC kernel.

Thanks,
Mike

-- 
Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca>
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a
touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction."
--Albert Einstein



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