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

CZUCZY Gergely phoemix at harmless.hu
Thu Jul 17 13:44:48 UTC 2008


On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:13:03 -0400
"Glen Barber" <glen.j.barber at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 9:00 AM, Glen Barber <glen.j.barber at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I was under the assumption the OP runs his own DNS server, as that is
> > how my machine was set up.
> >
> 
> Another reason I thought about 'why' the OP used tables - aren't PF
> tables evaluated at boot, and macros evaluated when they are called?
> I think the latter negates the need for resolving at boot.  Please
> correct me if I am wrong.

Macros are evaluated at pfctl-time. That means, parse-time. Tables are
evaluated at runtime (that means, when a lookup is in progress).


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