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Date:      Fri, 12 May 2000 11:22:52 -0400
From:      David Heller <dheller1@rochester.rr.com>
To:        "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: IPFILTER vs IPFIREWALL
Message-ID:  <391C21CC.8283B2B7@rochester.rr.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005121546190.65569-100000@ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de>

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"O. Hartmann" wrote:
> 
> Well ...
> It is horrible! Simply horrible! Where the hell do I get the right informations what
> kernel option is necessary for either IPFILTER or IPFIREWALL? The machine I use is really slow
> and any experiment takes about 30 minutes to recompile a kernel, so changing something four times means
> two hours of useless work!
> 
> Dummynet will not work with IPFIREWALL ... where is this problem mentioned in the documentation?
> 
> Well, I need some clue!
> 
> Thanks a lot!
> 
> Gruss O. Hartmann
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You need IPDIVERT and IPFIREWALL options in your config file. Do NOT
have IPFILTER option enabled in your config file!! Your firewall command
will then be /sbin/ipfw. This will at least get you started. Also try
man ipfw there is a lot of good information there also.

Good Luck

Dave


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