From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 28 06:00:56 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A31AC16A4CE for ; Tue, 28 Oct 2003 06:00:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.uol.com.br (smtp.uol.com.br [200.221.11.52]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 737E243FEA for ; Tue, 28 Oct 2003 06:00:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gabrielcbarros@uol.com.br) Received: from uol.com.br (200-171-162-89.dsl.telesp.net.br [200.171.162.89]) by scorpion1.uol.com.br (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2A558656 for ; Tue, 28 Oct 2003 12:00:38 -0200 (BRST) Message-ID: <3F9E7689.9020200@uol.com.br> Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 12:00:41 -0200 From: "Gabriel C. de Barros" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US) Gecko/20031007 X-Accept-Language: pt-br, pt, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: doc@FreeBSD.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: lack in the firewall chapter X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 14:00:56 -0000 Hi, i've spend two days trying to set ipfw or ipf .. before i understant that i should lower my kernel security settings before messing with the rules. I think the handbook should mention that, at least in a footnote or something. It was hard to find the answer, but while searching for it, i realized it's a very common new-user mistake. Thanks, Gabriel Barros