From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 30 03:48:19 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id DAA16997 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 30 Sep 1996 03:48:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id DAA16873 for ; Mon, 30 Sep 1996 03:48:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by who.cdrom.com (8.7.5/8.6.11) with ESMTP id XAA19275 for ; Sun, 29 Sep 1996 23:17:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id XAA00451; Sun, 29 Sep 1996 23:15:59 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 23:15:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Anil John cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sysconfig file option Firewall=NO - How to implement In-Reply-To: <199609292303.TAA27635@onramp.i95.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 29 Sep 1996, Anil John wrote: > I am using FreeBSD 2.1.5 and found the Firewall=NO option. If I > wanted to implement the IPFW should I just set this to YES or do I > first have to recompile the kernel with the 'option IPFIREWALL' as > mentioned in the handbook? Both. Don't forget to modify the config file (can't remember the name offhand) to allow some packets through first! The default behavior is to deny all! Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major