Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 11:31:05 +0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Ken McKittrick <klmac@twcny.rr.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: keeping IPFILTER (was Re: wanton Atticizing is bad) Message-ID: <199812290331.LAA70165@spinner.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 28 Dec 1998 14:27:41 PST." <199812282227.OAA13094@dingo.cdrom.com>
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Mike Smith wrote: > > Hello > > > > I don't see how dumping IPFILTER would be a good thing. It is actively > > supported by the developer and runs on Linux, Solaris, *BSD, etc. > > The manifest problem with ipfilter is that the copy in our tree is not > being maintained by the author. > > The obvious solution is to remove that copy, and provide a mechanism > for the author-distributed version to neatly integrate. Provided all > the correct hooks are in place, all it would take is the build/load of > the ipfilter KLD. Exactly.. I really think this could really be better handled as a port that does a modload/kldload at boot time. Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Netplex Consulting "No coffee, No workee!" :-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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