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Date:      Thu, 12 Feb 1998 18:16:42 +0000
From:      Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE>
To:        Studded <Studded@dal.net>
Cc:        Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE>, freebsd-current@freefall.FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: rc.network - ipfw l 65535 | grep deny ?
Message-ID:  <19980212181642.44127@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
In-Reply-To: <34E3398E.DAF4EAC@dal.net>; from Studded on Thu, Feb 12, 1998 at 10:03:58AM -0800
References:  <199802121203.MAA23164@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE> <34E3398E.DAF4EAC@dal.net>

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On Thu, Feb 12, 1998 at 10:03:58AM -0800, Studded wrote:
> Christoph Kukulies wrote:
> > 
> > Could someone explain to me what the line 84 means?
> > I believe this is bogus.
> > 
> >      if ipfw l 65535 | grep deny; then
> > 
> > #       $Id: rc.network,v 1.16 1998/02/07 04:56:56 alex Exp $
> 
> 	That line is checking to determine whether the default rule is "deny"
> or "accept." an important distinction if you're going to warn people
> that IP services are disabled. :)

yeah, but when I type 

ipfw l 65535

in the command line (sh prompt) I'm getting an error
about bad arguments and a 'usage' message. 
Am I using the wrong ipfw or what's wrong here?


> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> Doug
> 
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