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Date:      Mon, 19 Mar 2007 10:03:42 -0700
From:      Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Kian Mohageri <kian.mohageri@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Mark Andrews <Mark_Andrews@isc.org>, freebsd-rc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: rc.order wrong (ipfw)
Message-ID:  <45FEC26E.40504@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <45FE39AE.4070407@gmail.com>
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Kian Mohageri wrote:

> After re-reading your original idea, I think I understand a little
> better what you mean to do.  For clarification, are you proposing that
> the [early] firewall scripts do nothing if firewall_late_enable=YES, and
> then have all firewalling taken care of later in the boot process (i.e.
> post-networking) by firewall_late?
> 
> I think I might have misunderstood your original proposal:)

I think so too. :) To be clear, what I'm suggesting is that we move 
ipfw and pf to a spot in the rcorder that is ahead of netif, along 
with ipfilter which is already there. I am not suggesting that we 
change their functionality, just the ordering. As a completely 
separate thing (although they could be done at the same time) I am 
suggesting _adding_ a new script for "late" firewall rules (where 
"late" is defined as after netif) so that people who want to do 
firewall-related things that require netif (like cloned interfaces, 
FQDN rules, etc.) will have a standard way to accomplish that.

Thanks for the opportunity to clarify,

Doug

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