From owner-freebsd-pf@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 10 12:24:39 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-pf@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 401691065671 for ; Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:24:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from leslie@eskk.nu) Received: from hawk.thalamus.net (hawk.thalamus.net [212.31.160.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07D798FC15 for ; Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:24:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from leslie@eskk.nu) Received: from localhost (localhost.thalamus.net [127.0.0.1]) by hawk.thalamus.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 145CE1EE964; Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:24:34 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at thalamus.net X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 2.293 X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.293 tagged_above=-999 required=4.2 tests=[AWL=-0.876, HELO_LH_HOME=3.169] Received: from hawk.thalamus.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (hawk.thalamus.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id W6xz04W7aRS0; Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:24:25 +0200 (CEST) Received: from lesbsdpc.homenet.home (c-195-216-040-164.static.bjare.net [195.216.40.164]) by hawk.thalamus.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00B481EE96B; Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:24:24 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4875FF7D.8050304@eskk.nu> Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:24:29 +0200 From: Leslie Jensen User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080610) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Nobody A. Unknown" References: <48750381.1030004@eskk.nu> <20080709225423.GB1011@verio.net> <4875D33C.2010506@eskk.nu> <3910389261.20080710125542@mail.ru> <4875FD52.1090201@eskk.nu> In-Reply-To: <4875FD52.1090201@eskk.nu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-pf@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New pf install on Freebsd7 seem to be a slow starter. X-BeenThere: freebsd-pf@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Technical discussion and general questions about packet filter \(pf\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:24:39 -0000 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 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