Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 23:04:00 -0700 From: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Jim Freeze <jim@freeze.org>, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Can I affect changes in rc.firewall w/o rebooting? Message-ID: <392B70D0.927881A4@gorean.org> References: <20000524022109.OOEH22611.mail.rdc1.va.home.com@john.baldwin.cx>
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John Baldwin wrote:
>
> On 24-May-00 Jim Freeze wrote:
> > The title says it all.
> >
> > I have recently added ipfw to my system and have customized
> > /etc/rc.firewall. However, I cannot seem to get these rules updated
> > without rebooting. And, I have been unsuccessful in my searches for this
> > information.
> >
> > If anyone knows, I would appreciate the tip.
> > Thanks
>
> You can use ipfw to update the rules manually,
> or just type 'sh /etc/rc.firewall' at a shell
> prompt _on_ _the_ _console_. If you do this
> remotely over a net connection it won't work
> unless you direct all output to /dev/null.
Or use the default to accept option in the kernel. I realize that for
"serious" firewalls this is not an option, but it's very useful for less
stringent uses of ipfw.
Doug
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