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Date:      Mon, 28 Jan 2002 13:35:45 -0700
From:      Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>
To:        Richard Glidden <rglidden@zaphod.wox.org>
Cc:        Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: firewall config (CTFM)
Message-ID:  <15445.46625.765383.179068@caddis.yogotech.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020128150458.E10891-100000@charon.acheron.localnet>
References:  <15445.37204.693732.376471@caddis.yogotech.com> <20020128150458.E10891-100000@charon.acheron.localnet>

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> > Also, even *I* can't find answers to my questions with 30 minutes, and I
> > know where to look, so I find you statement, well, to be brutally
> > honest, both humerous and a little bit egotistical. :
> 
> man rc.conf:
> 
>      firewall_enable
>                    (bool) Set to ``NO'' if you do not want have firewall
>                    rules loaded at startup, or ``YES'' if you do.  If set
>                    to ``YES'', and the kernel was not built with
>                    IPFIREWALL, the ipfw kernel module will be loaded.  See
>                    also ipfilter_enable.
> 
> Obviously, NO means "Don't Load Firewall Rules."  This implies, to me,
> that some sort of defaults might be loaded, but what those defaults
> are, who knows?

They might be loaded.  And then again, they might not be loaded.  Who
knows (unless you've done this, and it's bitten you in the *ss.)

I give up.



Nate

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