A little question in the config chapter (handbook)

Alex Dupre ale at FreeBSD.org
Sun Nov 6 12:53:46 UTC 2005


Marco Trentini wrote:
> The question is about last sentence of this section ("Some
> firewalls may block ...."). While net.inet.ip.portrange.first
> should be lowered when some firewall in general may block
> ranges of low-numbered ports? I think it should be increased,
> or not?

Not increased and not lowered. It is recommended to 'not' touch it and 
in particular to 'not' lower it. Fixed, thanks!

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Alex Dupre



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