Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 15:18:13 +0000 (GMT) From: Paul Richards <p.richards@elsevier.co.uk> To: hsu@clinet.fi (Heikki Suonsivu) Cc: ec0@s1.GANet.NET, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 2.2-960323-SNAP: ipfw problem Message-ID: <199603281518.PAA26261@tees> In-Reply-To: <199603271805.UAA08738@cantina.clinet.fi> from "Heikki Suonsivu" at Mar 27, 96 08:05:24 pm
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In reply to Heikki Suonsivu who said > > Now, GATEWAY is a case where I *can* still log in the machine. Guess what > happens when someone who does not know about ipfw "improvement", or forgets > about it, and installs a new kernel and reboots a remote router, which > happens to be at the other side of the town :-( > > This kind of changes should always be done carefully. Quick change without > thinking may mean hundreds of people falling in a nasty trap. It was well discussed and these problems were raised but at the end of the day the new behaviour is more correct. We *DO* need to make sure it's extremely well documented though. To be honest, if you reboot a remote router with a new kernel then you deserve what you get. -- Paul Richards. Originative Solutions Ltd. (Netcraft Ltd. contractor) Elsevier Science TIS online journal project. Email: p.richards@elsevier.co.uk Phone: 0370 462071 (Mobile), +44 (0)1865 843155
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