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Date:      Thu, 26 Jan 2006 16:58:17 -0800
From:      "Dan O'Connor" <dan@ferrarishields.com>
To:        "gahn" <ipfreak@yahoo.com>, "freebsd general questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: strange problem with ipfw and rc.conf
Message-ID:  <049d01c622dc$c27dc650$0599460a@dan>
References:  <20060127002255.61680.qmail@web52104.mail.yahoo.com>

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> Besides, I recompiled the customized kernel and there
> is no need for "firewall_enable="YES"" statement in
> rc.conf.

Yes, there is.

Just because it's compiled in, doesn't mean it's turned on. And since 
/etc/defaults/rc.conf has 'firewall_enable="NO" ' in it, it specifically 
is turned off.

~Dan

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