Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 15:31:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> To: Irwan Hadi <irwanhadi@phxby.com>, Jeff Jirsa <jeff@boris.st.hmc.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Server won't boot after recompile the kernel with ipfw support Message-ID: <200205282231.g4SMVT7H025379@apollo.backplane.com> References: <20020528142640.A22370@phxby.com> <20020528133316.S16405-100000@boris.st.hmc.edu> <20020528150941.A24676@phxby.com> <200205282131.g4SLVmYZ024980@apollo.backplane.com> <200205282137.g4SLbrun025037@apollo.backplane.com> <20020528155351.B26334@phxby.com>
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:Thanks for the tips. By the way I got one question, why the firewall
:features is not bundled in the default FreeBSD installation ?
:It seems the firewall features in FreeBSD looks like an "easter egg", since it
:is not defined in the /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC, but only on the
:FreeBSD homepage ?
:
:Thanks
It's a chicken-and-egg problem. It would be easy to bundle a kernel
with IPFIREWALL enabled and the rules set to be permissive for someone
doing a fresh install, but people upgrading their existing machines
could wind up with a rude awakening when they reboot and find they
can no longer access the boxes.
-Matt
Matthew Dillon
<dillon@backplane.com>
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