Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 20:48:16 -0400 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org> Cc: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls chapter.sgml Message-ID: <20061011204816.17b417d4.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20061011121444.GA61592@gothmog.pc> References: <200610100256.k9A2u7SE072234@repoman.freebsd.org> <20061010223113.GA26942@gothmog.pc> <20061011055411.131cedaf.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <20061011121444.GA61592@gothmog.pc>
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On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 15:14:44 +0300 Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > On 2006-10-11 05:54, Tom Rhodes <trhodes@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > | Replace some confusing text about "IPFW being loaded/not being loaded/blah" > > > | with some more relevent and clear text about using rc.conf to load the > > > | firewall. > > > | > > > | PR 99336 > > > | Discussed with: keramida (follow up to PR, etc.) > > > | > > > | diff a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls/chapter.sgml > > > | --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls/chapter.sgml > > > | +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls/chapter.sgml > > > | @@ -2228,9 +2228,7 @@ options IPV6FIREWALL_DEFAULT_TO_ACCEP > > > | <sect2 id="firewalls-ipfw-rc"> > > > | <title><filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename> Options</title> > > > | > > > | - <para>If you do not have IPFW compiled into your kernel you will > > > | - need to load it with the following statement in your > > > | - <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>:</para> > > > | + <para>Enable the firewall:</para> > > > | > > > | <programlisting>firewall_enable="YES"</programlisting> > > > | > > > | % > > > > > > Since `/etc/rc.d/ipfw' is smart enough to load ipfw.ko or dummynet.ko > > > automagically, as needed, is it ok to write this as: > > > > > > <para>Enable the firewall in your > > > <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename> file:</para> > > > > I was trying to follow the rest of the documentation here, but > > it would not hurt to have this particular sentence re-added. > > Thanks for the fast reply Tom :) > > After carefully reading the rendered SGML version, I think your version > is much nicer, so I apologize for the noise. No need to apologize. ;) -- Tom Rhodes
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