Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 12:00:52 GMT From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/74610: Hostname resolution failure causes firewall rules to stop loading Message-ID: <200412021200.iB2C0qjo054394@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR conf/74610; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> To: Maxim Konovalov <maxim@macomnet.ru> Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: conf/74610: Hostname resolution failure causes firewall rules to stop loading Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 11:52:15 +0000 On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 02:23:29PM +0300, Maxim Konovalov wrote: > And what is the desired behaviour? Loading the rest of the rules > might be dangerous as well. There are "ipfw -n" and "ipfw set", > and check'n'load approach will solve the problem. I'm not sure - dropping to single-user would have been something. In my case the machine was up with all services running and only half a ruleset loaded, which is not ideal. Perhaps the rules could be passed through "ipfw -n" before they are loaded for real. Ceri -- Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Einstein (attrib.)
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