Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 01:03:30 -0500 From: Justin White <justinfinity@mac.com> To: David Raistrick <drais@wow.atlasta.net> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: firewall config (CTFM) Message-ID: <EB885A83-147D-11D6-AD14-000393092F82@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0201281140530.22070-100000@wow.atlasta.net>
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On Monday, January 28, 2002, at 02:44 , David Raistrick wrote:
>
>>> no, the user _should_ making a point to see that configuration file.
>>> if
>>> they're changing /etc/rc.conf, they should be reading the
>>> corresponding
>>> defaults file. if they're changing /etc/rc.conf without previously
>>> reading the defaults file, too bad.
>
> I have to definitely disagree here. The place to read would be
> man rc.conf, would it not?
good idea. i didn't even think about the man page.
> I obviously missed the first part of this...is the specific variable in
> question covered in the rc.conf man page?
firewall_enable
(bool) Set to ``YES'' to load firewall rules at
startup.
If the kernel was not built with IPFIREWALL, the ipfw
ker-
nel module will be loaded. See also ipfilter_enable.
sounds like it does what it's supposed to. it might be named funny, and
might have a misleading comment in the default config file, it does do
what the man page says (although others have said the config file
doesn't qualify as documentation...)
-Justin White just6979@yahoo.com http://justinfinity.2y.net/
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