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Date:      Tue, 15 Oct 2002 14:07:26 -0400
From:      "Michael H. Semcheski" <mhs-list@aylix.com>
To:        budsz <budsz@kumprang.or.id>
Cc:        FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: About rc.firewall
Message-ID:  <3DAC595E.80101@aylix.com>
References:  <200210151023430685.13684C4D@home.24cl.com> <20021015135723.GA1427@kumprang.or.id> <200210151023430685.13684C4D@home.24cl.com> <3.0.5.32.20021015103018.0136e5e8@mail.sage-one.net> <20021015173223.GA2352@kumprang.or.id>

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>Sorry, I mean is: 
>What is the relation between firewall_type in /etc/rc.conf and the same
>statement; firewall_type in rc.firewall? Is it enough if i only define
>the firewall_type just once; In rc.firewall only?
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rc.conf sets some variables, but does not actually set anything up (in 
the default install type).  rc.firewall sees the values you set in 
rc.conf, and can use them.

You should only set firewall_type once, and the only rc file you need to 
change is rc.conf.  You could set it in rc.firewall, and that would 
replace rc.conf's value, but that would also defeat the whole purpose of 
rc.conf.

Make sense?  rc.conf is kind of like a centralized file to store all of 
your rc related settings... That way you don't need to change the more 
complicated files, such as rc.firewall.


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