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Date:      Mon, 6 Apr 1998 13:03:34 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Alanna Alexandra <alanna@jebudas.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: IPFW
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980406130253.18904N-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980405183310.1727B-100000@indiemedia.com>

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On Sun, 5 Apr 1998, Alanna Alexandra wrote:

> Hey, I just installed IPFW on my box and I am trying to figure out how to
> add rules...

ipfw add <rulenum> <rule>

> I read the Handbook and followed the sample rules but while it said it
> added them when I rebooted the rules were gone..

Yes, the rules are temporary.  If you want to make them permanent
(restored on startup) modify /etc/rc.firewall.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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