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Date:      Wed, 16 Jun 1999 19:55:05 -0500 (EST)
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net>
To:        Brian Gallucci <noc@expnet.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Firewall Rules
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.990616195324.14320k-100000@cygnus.rush.net>
In-Reply-To: <003901beb856$5f189f60$51f51c0a@expnet.net>

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On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Brian Gallucci wrote:

> Can someone tell me how do dump firewall rules and then reload them while
> you are loged into the box via telnet.
> 
> At the console I'm using
> ipfw -f flush
> 
> And to reload the firewall I use
> sh /etc/rc.firewall
> 
> I need to update the firewall when I'm off site and the only way I can seem
> to update is to reboot. < Which is not a good thing >
> 
> I'm running IPFW and the box is NATD running on FreeBSD 2.2.8

um...

combine them on one line:

ipfw -f flush ; sh /etc/rc.firewall

it should flush the firewall and then reload it, you'll momentarily
loose responsiveness, then you should get a prompt, give it 10-20
seconds for the next prompt to appear.

-Alfred



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