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Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 18:02:27 +0200
From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se>
To: Doug Young <dougy@brizzie.org>
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: anti-smurf setup
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On Sat, May 19, 2001 at 01:34:58AM +1000, Doug Young wrote:
> 
> > > fair enough .... doesn't appear its got any side affects & at
> least
> > > might help nobble the mindless ones to some extent though. Any
> idea why its not
> > > in the defailt  rc.conf ??
> >
> > It is.  In fact, it always has been, ever since the variable was
> created.
> >
> ??????????? I've installed FreeBSD form 3.2 to 4.3 & never once seen
> that line in any of them .... what gives ??
> 

You obviously did not look hard enough at /etc/defaults/rc.conf
It is there in 4.3. As far as I can tell it has been there at least
since 3.1.



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Erik Trulsson
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