Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:24:29 +0200 From: Leslie Jensen <leslie@eskk.nu> To: "Nobody A. Unknown" <hideous@mail.ru> Cc: freebsd-pf@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New pf install on Freebsd7 seem to be a slow starter. Message-ID: <4875FF7D.8050304@eskk.nu> In-Reply-To: <4875FD52.1090201@eskk.nu> References: <48750381.1030004@eskk.nu> <20080709225423.GB1011@verio.net> <4875D33C.2010506@eskk.nu> <3910389261.20080710125542@mail.ru> <4875FD52.1090201@eskk.nu>
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Leslie Jensen skrev: > > Dennis skrev: > >> LJ> Oh, I didn't know that! Can you tell me how to handle this? >> >> LJ> The problem is these hosts are not fixed IP's so they use no-ip >> LJ> (http://www.no-ip.com/) to provide a fixed address. >> >> It's possible to populate the table after network initialized and all >> other cervices are up. Just place empty table >> >> table <goodguys> persist >> >> in your pf.conf and >> >> pfctl -t goodguys -T add \ >> something.somewhere.com \ >> somethingelse.somewhere.com \ >> xxx.yyy.zzz.qqq & >> >> into your /etc/rc.local, so pf will start up without delays. >> >> Regards, >> Dennis >> > > > Thanks Dennis. > > I forgot to mention that I'm on a FreeBSD 7 system so the rc.local thing > must go somewhere else, do you know where? > > /Leslie Sorry!!!! I had to create the file. If I've understood this right this will only be right at the time the machine starts. How do I get to know if the hosts changes their addresses. Should I invoke a cron job that does the same as you suggested? Thanks /Leslie
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