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From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
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Cc: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
Subject: Re: IPFW deny ip range
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On Fri, 22 Jan 2016 20:41:56 -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> I've never heard of ipfw.rules, though, so you may be a little confused.

It's just an alternative configuration file name, such as
/etc/ipfw.conf. You typically use it like this in /etc/rc.conf:

	firewall_script="/etc/ipfw.rules"

This script is actually a valid shell script which will be
executed, as _commands_. If you use

	firewall_type="/etc/ipfw.conf"

instead, you need to supply _options_ that can follow a call
of the ipfw program.

The real difference is _script and _type, not the file name per se. :-)


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