Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 09:09:06 -0500 From: Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU> To: "Gabriel C. de Barros" <gabrielcbarros@uol.com.br> Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: lack in the firewall chapter Message-ID: <20031028140906.GA24568@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> In-Reply-To: <3F9E7689.9020200@uol.com.br> References: <3F9E7689.9020200@uol.com.br>
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On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 12:00:41PM -0200, Gabriel C. de Barros wrote:
> i've spend two days trying to set ipfw or ipf .. before i understant that i
> should lower my kernel security settings before messing with the rules.
>
> I think the handbook should mention that, at least in a footnote or
> something.
>
> It was hard to find the answer, but while searching for it, i realized it's
> a very common new-user mistake.
I have a couple of ipfw related PR's I need to work on, I can take
care of this as part of finishing those up.
Basically you're saying if you have raised the security level of the
kernel above 0 you can no longer change the ipfw rules.
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Ken Smith
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