From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jul 13 1:56:40 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from bilby.prth.tensor.pgs.com (bilby.prth.tensor.pgs.com [157.147.232.237]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF49F14EA1 for ; Tue, 13 Jul 1999 01:56:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from shocking@ariadne.prth.tensor.pgs.com) Received: from bandicoot.prth.tensor.pgs.com (bandicoot.prth.tensor.pgs.com [157.147.224.1]) by bilby.prth.tensor.pgs.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA21084 for ; Tue, 13 Jul 1999 16:55:02 +0800 (WST) Received: from ariadne.tensor.pgs.com (ariadne [157.147.227.36]) by bandicoot.prth.tensor.pgs.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with SMTP id QAA22765 for ; Tue, 13 Jul 1999 16:56:14 +0800 (WST) Received: from ariadne by ariadne.tensor.pgs.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id QAA12434; Tue, 13 Jul 1999 16:56:14 +0800 Message-Id: <199907130856.QAA12434@ariadne.tensor.pgs.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Setting up a firewall with dynamic IPs Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 16:56:13 +0800 From: Stephen Hocking-Senior Programmer PGS Tensor Perth Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I was checking out the firewall setup in /etc/rc.firewall, and noticed that the simple example relied on a fixed IP address for the external interface. I don't know ahead of time what IP address is going to be allocated to me before I dial up. Would it be possible to specify an interface (tun0) rather than an IP address? Stephen -- The views expressed above are not those of PGS Tensor. "We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the Complete Works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true." Robert Wilensky, University of California To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message