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Date:      Sat, 05 May 2007 16:27:24 -0700
From:      Kian Mohageri <kian.mohageri@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-pf@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: PF not started on boot (though it's in /etc/rc.conf)
Message-ID:  <463D12DC.7000205@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20070505224853.B826EB867@shodan.nognu.de>
References:  <20070505224853.B826EB867@shodan.nognu.de>

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Frank Steinborn wrote:
> Hi pf-users,
> 
> I have a problem bringing up PF after a reboot of my 6.2 machine.
> I tried pf_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf, but it doesn't seem to
> get executed. /etc/rc.d/pf exists, also tried to declare pf_rules and
> even pf_program without luck. I always have to do "pfctl -e -f
> /etc/pf.conf" manually after the boot.
> 
> Any hints on that?
> 

I'm guessing you used a hostname in your ruleset, which currently
results in the behavior you've described (on FreeBSD) because at the
time pf comes up, DNS isn't working.


-Kian



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