Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 22:07:43 +0100 From: Udo Schweigert <udo.schweigert@siemens.com> To: Daniel Leal <dleal@webvolution.net> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IP Filter: already initialized Message-ID: <20011212210743.GA48220@alaska.cert.siemens.de> In-Reply-To: <1008190792.3c17c5484856b@mail.webvolution.net> References: <1008190792.3c17c5484856b@mail.webvolution.net>
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On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 20:59:52 +0000, Daniel Leal wrote: > Hi! > I am tring to learn something about security and i was trainning with > a very nice tutorial from Marty Schlacter. > But when I finished, I reboot and during boot I noticed the follwing messages: > ... > Doing initial network setup: > hostname > ipfilter > IP Filter: already initialized > IP FIlter: already initialized > ipmon > ... > > Am I "starting" ipfilter twice? > My rc.conf has the follwing lines: > ipfilter_enable="YES" > ipmon_enable="YES" > > And my kernel file has the ipfilter option: > options IPFILTER > > > It doesn't matter? If it does, what is the problem? > I'm a security beginner and i am a "litle bit" confused with this... > > Can someone help me? > From /etc/defaults/rc.conf: ipfilter_flags="-E" # should be *empty* when ipf is _not_ a module # (i.e. compiled into the kernel) to # avoid a warning about "already initialized" So: setting ipfilter_flags="" in your /etc/rc.conf will fix the problem. Best regards -- Udo Schweigert, Siemens AG | Voice : +49 89 636 42170 CT IC 3, Siemens CERT | Fax : +49 89 636 41166 D-81730 Muenchen / Germany | email : udo.schweigert@siemens.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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