ipfw Kernel Module - Default to Accept?

[Drew Tomlinson]

On 5/30/2006 9:45 AM Toni Schmidbauer wrote:
> At Tue, 30 May 2006 09:04:09 -0700,
> Drew Tomlinson wrote:
>   
>> I'm using FBSD 6.1.  When using the ipfw kernel module, is it possible
>> to get ipfw loaded in a "default to accept" mode?  I've seen the
>> kernel option to enable this when compiling statically but nothing
>> specific to the kernel module.  Maybe there's a way to compile the
>> kernel module with some entry in /etc/make.conf?  I've Googled but
>> have not been able to turn up anything.
>>     
>
> you can recompile the module, uncomment the line 
>
> #CFLAGS+= -DIPFIREWALL_DEFAULT_TO_ACCEPT
>
> in /usr/src/sys/modules/ipfw/Makefile. next call make in the same
> directory and copy the compiled module to /boot/kernel. i've done that
> in the past, works like a charm.
>   

Thank you.  I'll try it.

Drew

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