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Date:      Sun, 13 Sep 1998 23:40:09 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
To:        madrapour@hotmail.com (N. N.M)
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: A question probably relevant to IPFW
Message-ID:  <199809140640.XAA16448@bubba.whistle.com>
In-Reply-To: <19980913104429.16468.qmail@hotmail.com> from "N. N.M" at "Sep 13, 98 03:44:28 am"

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N. N.M writes:
> I was wondering if somebody could help me. I had a FreeBSD with IPFW 
> active on it to filter some kinds of packets. It was rebooted 
> automatically and frequently every 2 or 3 days at 2 am. I've removed 
> IPFW from it and also set up another FreeBSD (with the same 
> configuration) as the active filter. Now the new computer does the same: 
> it's rebooted automacally and frequently every 2-3 days at 2 am. But the 
> former computer hasn't been rebooted after removing IPFW from it and 
> since the time it wasn't the active filter.

There is an old bug in ipfw that was fixed about a year ago.
If you're running an old (eg, pre-2.2.6) version of FreeBSD
try upgrading. Otherwise, nevermind :-)

-Archie

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