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Date:      Wed, 15 Sep 1999 11:12:20 -0700
From:      Bryan Talbot <btalbot@ucsd.edu>
To:        tim@iafrica.com.na, "Greg Quinlan" <Greg.Quinlan@swlct.sthames.nhs.uk>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        <stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: New rc.conf entry question.
Message-ID:  <4.2.0.58.19990915111209.00a799b0@mail.elcjn1.sdca.home.com>
In-Reply-To: <99091513391007.09401@310.priebe.alt.na>
References:  <4.2.0.58.19990914122726.00a802e0@mail.elcjn1.sdca.home.com>

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At 04:33 AM 9/15/99 , Tim Priebe wrote:
> > This puts all the custom firewall rules into one location that should 
> never
> > be disturbed by an upgrade.  I couldn't get around the need to modify the
> > rc.firewall file somewhat though to allow for the use of M4.
>
>I have done the same thing here, but have used a different filter, as the
>person that will have to maintain the rules does not know m4.  Shold there 
>be a
>firewall_options variable added?

Sounds handy.  The quiet option could be handled in the same way of 
course.  Or, to put it another way, the quiet option could be used to 
specify the preprocessor to be used also.

-Bryan




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