From owner-freebsd-current Mon Dec 28 19:31:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA07392 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 19:31:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from spinner.netplex.com.au (spinner.netplex.com.au [202.12.86.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA07386 for ; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 19:31:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from peter@netplex.com.au) Received: from spinner.netplex.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spinner.netplex.com.au (8.9.1/8.9.1/Netplex) with ESMTP id LAA70165; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 11:31:07 +0800 (WST) (envelope-from peter@spinner.netplex.com.au) Message-Id: <199812290331.LAA70165@spinner.netplex.com.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Mike Smith cc: Ken McKittrick , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: keeping IPFILTER (was Re: wanton Atticizing is bad) In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 28 Dec 1998 14:27:41 PST." <199812282227.OAA13094@dingo.cdrom.com> Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 11:31:05 +0800 From: Peter Wemm Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 Netplex Consulting "No coffee, No workee!" :-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message