Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 23:12:37 -0400 (EDT) From: "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.org> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: Joe Greco <jgreco@ns.sol.net>, hackers@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-ipfw@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: securelevel and ipfw zero Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9907262311020.35843-100000@janus.syracuse.net> In-Reply-To: <199907270307.UAA49737@apollo.backplane.com>
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On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote:
>
> :Instead of zeroing it, how about raising the logging limit to (current +
> :whatever the limit was)
> :
> : Brian Fundakowski Feldman _ __ ___ ____ ___ ___ ___
> : green@FreeBSD.org _ __ ___ | _ ) __| \
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> The way I see it either some piece of software is monitor the counters,
> in which case the sysad does not need to clear them and does not need to
> look at log messages, or the sysad is monitoring the stuff manually and
> using the log messages. In the one case the counters don't need to be
> cleared (and, indeed, should not be), in the other case the sysad may
> want to clear them due to the manual monitoring.
>
> What we are really discussing here is the use of ipfw's counters in an
> unsophisticated setup. The sophisticated setup is already handled.
That doesn't mean we shouldn't allow people to have an unsophisticated setup,
just because a sophisticated one is available. It would be useful to have
a per-firewall-rule counter, decrement it on each match if logging and
set, and be able to reset to something higher.
>
> -Matt
> Matthew Dillon
> <dillon@backplane.com>
>
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