ipfw demon

[michael]

Quoting Michael Sierchio <kudzu at tenebras.com>:

> michael wrote:
> >>Hi all
> >>An Information Please.
> >>When you run ipfw in freebsd what demon show ps -aux
> >>Thanks
> >>Francesco
> > 
> > 
> > You can't see an extra process for ipfw,
> > ipfw is directly implemented in the kernel or
> > it is an kernelmodule
> > 
> > use kldstat to see it if it is an kernelmodule
> > (eg. you use the generic kernel)
> 
> ipfw is not in the kernel, and is not a kernel module.
> ipfw is the userland command that manipulates rulesets
> and dummynet pipes and queues,  and reports the internal
> state if ipfirewall -- which is in the kernel or a loadable
> module.
> 
> 
> 
> 
Hi,

okay okay, what you say's is more correctly, ipfw ist only the
control-frontend to the ipfilter/netfilter-implementation under FreeBSD :-).

May i think the question from frgaddeo at tin.it
sound's like:

can i see an process for the ipfw/ipfilter/ipfirewall if it was running
or active?

Or i have it misunderstood.

May thank you for this hint.

Have a good time

michael