From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Wed Jul 8 23:34:14 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91E863587DD; Wed, 8 Jul 2020 23:34:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net) Received: from gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (br1.CN84in.dnsmgr.net [69.59.192.140]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4B2Fxw2ypSz4DHQ; Wed, 8 Jul 2020 23:34:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net) Received: from gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id 068NYAh2088739; Wed, 8 Jul 2020 16:34:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net) Received: (from freebsd-rwg@localhost) by gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id 068NY9QQ088738; Wed, 8 Jul 2020 16:34:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-rwg) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <202007082334.068NY9QQ088738@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> Subject: Re: ipv6_ipfilter_rules= is obsolete ? In-Reply-To: <5F064B4F.5040006@gmail.com> To: Ernie Luzar Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2020 16:34:09 -0700 (PDT) CC: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" , FreeBSD current X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL121h (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4B2Fxw2ypSz4DHQ X-Spamd-Bar: / Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net has no SPF policy when checking 69.59.192.140) smtp.mailfrom=freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net X-Spamd-Result: default: False [0.73 / 15.00]; TO_DN_EQ_ADDR_SOME(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.64)[-0.643]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.72)[-0.723]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[dnsmgr.net]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.19)[0.194]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[no SPF record]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[gmail.com]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:13868, ipnet:69.59.192.0/19, country:US]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2020 23:34:14 -0000 > In /etc/defaults/rc.conf I see this > > ipv6_ipfilter_rules="/etc/ipf6.rules" > # rules definition file for ipfilter, > # see /usr/src/contrib/ipfilter/rules for examples > > man 8 ipf says > > ipf -6 ipv4 and ipv6 rules are stored in a single table and can be read > from a single file. This option is no longer required to load ipv6 rules. > > I interrupt this to mean that the ipv6_ipfilter_rules="/etc/ipf6.rules" > line in /etc/defaults/rc.conf is obsolete and should be removed > before RELEASE 13.0 is published for users to use. Interesting, though I would not remove it. It should be marked as depricated and the /etc/rc.d/ipfilter shell script updated to emit a warning that it is depricated, but it should still be processed to retain backwards compatibility and NOT lock someone out of a system who has just done an upgrade to a newer version. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@freebsd.org