svn commit: r193198 - head/etc/rc.d

Max Laier max at love2party.net
Mon Jun 1 06:32:41 UTC 2009


On Monday 01 June 2009 07:35:03 Doug Barton wrote:
> Author: dougb
> Date: Mon Jun  1 05:35:03 2009
> New Revision: 193198
> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/193198
>
> Log:
>   Make the pf and ipfw firewalls start before netif, just like ipfilter
>   already does. This eliminates a logical inconsistency, and a small
>   window where the system is open after the network comes up.

Can you please add a note about this in UPDATING?  It might be a slight 
POLA violation for people who rely on the interfaces being configured to 
setup the firewall.  For instance when one doesn't use dynamic address 
rules in pf i.e. "from/to ifX" instead of "from/to (ifX)".

> Modified:
>   head/etc/rc.d/ip6fw
>   head/etc/rc.d/ipfilter
>   head/etc/rc.d/ipfs
>   head/etc/rc.d/ipfw
>   head/etc/rc.d/ipnat
>   head/etc/rc.d/netif
>   head/etc/rc.d/network_ipv6
>   head/etc/rc.d/pf
>   head/etc/rc.d/pflog
>   head/etc/rc.d/pfsync

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