Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 21:25:37 +0200 (CEST) From: michael <michael@nettmail.de> To: Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com> Cc: freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ipfw demon Message-ID: <1062012337.3f4d05b194524@mx5.internett.de> In-Reply-To: <3F4D0222.7010402@tenebras.com> References: <20030827190045.5FA4B16A5AC@hub.freebsd.org> <1062011192.3f4d01387c3a1@mx5.internett.de> <3F4D0222.7010402@tenebras.com>
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Quoting Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com>: > michael wrote: > >>Hi all > >>An Information Please. > >>When you run ipfw in freebsd what demon show ps -aux > >>Thanks > >>Francesco > > > > > > You can't see an extra process for ipfw, > > ipfw is directly implemented in the kernel or > > it is an kernelmodule > > > > use kldstat to see it if it is an kernelmodule > > (eg. you use the generic kernel) > > ipfw is not in the kernel, and is not a kernel module. > ipfw is the userland command that manipulates rulesets > and dummynet pipes and queues, and reports the internal > state if ipfirewall -- which is in the kernel or a loadable > module. > > > > Hi, okay okay, what you say's is more correctly, ipfw ist only the control-frontend to the ipfilter/netfilter-implementation under FreeBSD :-). May i think the question from frgaddeo@tin.it sound's like: can i see an process for the ipfw/ipfilter/ipfirewall if it was running or active? Or i have it misunderstood. May thank you for this hint. Have a good time michael
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