Wrong order in rc.d (pf and ipv6)

Doug Barton dougb at FreeBSD.org
Sat Aug 25 22:12:54 PDT 2007


On Thu, 23 Aug 2007, Henri Hennebert wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I notice that after a reboot, my pf rules don't take the ipv6 address 
> (managed with ipv6_ifconfig_rl0="2001:...:1") into account.
>
> rcorder /etc/rc.d/* show that pf is started before network_ipv6, is it 
> normal?

The consensus was that all firewalls should be started before all 
interfaces. That way a system will come up protected with no window of 
vulnerability.

That said, I'm glad someone was able to help you fix your stuff. :)


Doug

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