New pf install on Freebsd7 seem to be a slow starter.

[Leslie Jensen]

>>>> in your pf.conf and
>>>>
>>>> pfctl -t goodguys -T add \
>>>>  something.somewhere.com \
>>>>  somethingelse.somewhere.com \
>>>>   xxx.yyy.zzz.qqq &
>>>>
>>>> into your /etc/rc.local, so pf will start up without delays.
>>>>
>>> I forgot to mention that I'm on a FreeBSD 7 system so the rc.local thing 
>>> must go somewhere else, do you know where?
>>>
> LJ> If I've understood this right this will only be right at the time the
> LJ> machine starts. How do I get to know if the hosts changes their 
> LJ> addresses. Should I invoke a cron job that does the same as you suggested?
> LJ> Thanks
> 
> Yes. Also you would have to clear the table before loading new IP
> addresses into it. Querying authoritative server with, for example
> `nslookup`, instead of relying on local resolver would make this thing
> more robust.
> 
> Regards,
>   Dennis.

Thank you Dennis.

I've started on a script to run as root fron cron.

I need a little help to invoke the nslookup function and make it go into 
the goodguys table.

The flushing part I've got ;-)
But then what do I do?
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#!/bin/sh
pfctl -F Tables

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Thanks
/Leslie