Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 14:31:14 -0800 From: "James Satterfield" <james@floondoon.com> To: <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG>, <conrads@cox.net> Cc: "FreeBSD Stable List" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Need for explicit ipfw pass rule for 127.0.0.0/8 not documen Message-ID: <03e001c1c6f0$f4e89b20$0feba8c0@sphynx> References: <XFMail.20020308134539.conrads@cox.net> <200203082220.g28MKE411800@bmah.dyndns.org>
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Could someone forward that heads up to me? Thanks James. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG> To: <conrads@cox.net> Cc: "FreeBSD Stable List" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 2:20 PM Subject: Re: Need for explicit ipfw pass rule for 127.0.0.0/8 not documen > If memory serves me right, Conrad Sabatier wrote: > > > > On 08-Mar-2002 Alan Eldridge wrote: > > > > > > I was forwarded the Mini-HEADS-UP mail. That has *got* to go in the > > > RELNOTES.TXT for 4.5-STABLE. It should go in /usr/src/UPDATING, too. > > > As I understand it, it's not an ipfw change, it's an rc.firewall* change. > > > And if it bites you, you have nothing but intuition to tell you what's > > > wrong, since the dropped packets are not logged. > > > > I don't understand. This mini-HEADS UP was posted to -stable recently, > > which, since you're running -stable, you *are* subscribed to and do read, > > right? > > Well, you're both right. Yes, Alan should have seen the HEADS UP, but > this change needs to go in the release notes anyways, if for no other > reason than it shouldn't bite 4.6-RELEASE users when the time comes. > I've got some text queued up for my next update of the release notes. > > The reason this didn't happen yet is that I somehow missed its > significance, despite that fact that the HEADS UP applies to me and that > I would have gotten bit by this on the next installworld on my home > firewall box. :-) > > Thanks... > > Bruce. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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