Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 13:05:40 -0800 From: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org> To: Adam Laurie <adam@algroup.co.uk> Cc: Mikel King <mikel@ocsinternet.com>, Nick Sayer <nsayer@quack.kfu.com>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /etc/rc.firewall fixes Message-ID: <3A982224.893F76AF@gorean.org> References: <200102202005.f1KK5kv83619@medusa.kfu.com> <3A93A9CC.BC1D39FB@algroup.co.uk> <3A93C2FB.3E160997@ocsinternet.com> <3A94AE05.965BC5E4@gorean.org> <3A9526AA.19D00D47@ocsinternet.com> <3A954152.C7887C3@gor.com> <3A97A4E6.C53ECF27@algroup.co.uk>
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Adam Laurie wrote:
>
> Doug Barton wrote:
> >
> > Mikel King wrote:
> > >
> > > rc.conf.local and rc.local weree deprecated around the release of 4.x.
> >
> > Don't be silly. Both are fully supported, and there is no plan to remove
> > support at any time in the future (and I will vigorously oppose any plan to
> > do so). The only thing that has actually changed is that the system no
> > longer ships with an rc.local file installed.
>
> so what's the point in putting it in there instead of rc.conf then?
The original question I responded to suggested putting the settings for
rc.firewall into a whole new conf file. My point was that there were
already several locations that would be more appropriate.
Doug
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