Date: Sun, 12 May 1996 14:00:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: Re: kern/1192: Kernel IPFW Message-ID: <199605122100.OAA15820@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/1192; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> Cc: nash@mcs.com, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern/1192: Kernel IPFW Date: Sun, 12 May 1996 20:57:43 +0000 > Actually, I would very much like to get rid of the > dynamically-loadable IPFW module entirely. I think that this makes sense from a security point of view, but people use it for a lot of things besides security. The hooks are very general and can be used for a bunch of other things as well, so I think this is all in all, not a good idea. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.
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