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Date:      Thu, 12 Feb 1998 10:03:58 -0800
From:      Studded <Studded@dal.net>
To:        Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freefall.FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: rc.network - ipfw l 65535 | grep deny ?
Message-ID:  <34E3398E.DAF4EAC@dal.net>
References:  <199802121203.MAA23164@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE>

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Christoph Kukulies wrote:
> 
> Could someone explain to me what the line 84 means?
> I believe this is bogus.
> 
>      if ipfw l 65535 | grep deny; then
> 
> #       $Id: rc.network,v 1.16 1998/02/07 04:56:56 alex Exp $

	That line is checking to determine whether the default rule is "deny"
or "accept." an important distinction if you're going to warn people
that IP services are disabled. :)

Hope this helps,

Doug

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