Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 20:23:56 -0600 From: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.cc> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: Matthew Whelan <muttley@gotadsl.co.uk>, "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@veldy.net>, andrew.cowan@hsd.com.au, Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>, Freebsd-Stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Proposed Solution To Recent "firewall_enable" Thread. [Please Read] Message-ID: <20020130202356.A47852@hellblazer.nectar.cc> In-Reply-To: <200201310042.g0V0g3255325@apollo.backplane.com>; from dillon@apollo.backplane.com on Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 04:42:03PM -0800 References: <JI75GAYSTRA5PJZYUKGON75TOB88.3c586114@VicNBob> <200201310042.g0V0g3255325@apollo.backplane.com>
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On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 04:42:03PM -0800, Matthew Dillon wrote: > ... In which case it is utterly trivial to configure rc.conf such > that the ipfw rules aren't changed. You don't have to make 'NO' do > nothing in order to accomplish that. > > NO in this context is very clear: I don't want firewall rules, not > even the default deny. It should put the computer into the same > effective state no matter how the kernel is compiled. > > I find it quite unbelievable that people are even arguing over this. > It's as though some people WANT to make rc.conf as obfuscated and > confusing as possible. If you are talking about changing it in -STABLE: Forget it. We're not going to have `firewall_enable=NO' suddenly result in turning off firewall functionality. Never mind that I think that's a silly interpretation -- it's just that it is too dangerous. If you are talking about changing it in -CURRENT: Please take this thread to <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> already! -- Jacques A. Vidrine <n@nectar.cc> http://www.nectar.cc/ NTT/Verio SME . FreeBSD UNIX . Heimdal Kerberos jvidrine@verio.net . nectar@FreeBSD.org . nectar@kth.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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