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From: Ernie Elu <ernie@tinny.eis.net.au>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: IPFIREWALL and ipfw_mod.o confusion
Date: 22 Jun 1997 01:59:09 GMT
Organization: eis.net - Brisbane - Australia
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I am trying to get and ipfirewall running on 2.2.2-STABLE.
When I compile a kernel with the option IPFIREWALL, the firewall seems
to be blocking all traffic after reboot. If I try to add the rule
ipfw add allow all from any to any I get an error until such time that I
load the ipfw_mod.o module.
I am confused, is loading of the lpfw module always required before
the firewall will work, or should it work with just the kernel option
compiled in? What is the relationship between the two?
- Ernie.
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Ernie Elu - ernie@eis.net.au - Brisbane - Australia
"I ping, therefore I am."
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