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>Number:         106315
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       man blackhole mentions ONLY ipfw
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Dec 04 13:50:03 GMT 2006
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Dr. Markus Waldeck
>Release:        7.0-CURRENT-200611
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD fbh 7.0-CURRENT-200611 FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT-200611
root@fb:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/FB70B01 i386
>Description:
man blackhole:

> WARNING
>     The TCP and UDP blackhole features should not be regarded as a replace-
>     ment for ipfw(8) as a tool for firewalling a system.  In order to create
>     a highly secure system, ipfw(8) should be used for protection, not the
>     blackhole feature.

I agree absolutely with the intention of the warning.

But ipfw is NOT the only firewall implementation 
which is available in FreeBSD!
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: