Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 11:03:08 +0100 From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@freebsd.org> To: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IPFW doc inconsistency Message-ID: <20021027110308.A34658@abigail.blackend.org> In-Reply-To: <20021027182427.S363@welearn.com.au>; from sue@welearn.com.au on Sun, Oct 27, 2002 at 06:24:28PM %2B1100 References: <20021027182427.S363@welearn.com.au>
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On Sun, Oct 27, 2002 at 06:24:28PM +1100, Sue Blake wrote: > The handbook says that the kernel must be rebuilt before IPFW can > be used, but firewall(7) says that it is not essential to build a > customer(sic) kernel. > That typo was fixed on -CURRENT but never merged :) > I suspect the former gives not quite the whole story, and the latter > has a small typo. Maybe someone more knowledgeable could check whether > I'm reading correctly and fix if necessary? > The Handbook section about ipfw is quite old, so not in sync with "current" FreeBSD. You can now use ipfw as module, a custom kernel is not mandatory for packet filtering but for diverting (NATD) you need a specific kernel (options DIVERT). Marc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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