RELENG_5 kernel b0rken with IPFIREWALL and without PFIL_HOOKS

[Ruslan Ermilov]

On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 11:43:34AM -0400, Barney Wolff wrote:
> I was inspired by the PFIL_HOOKS discussion to check my firewall rules :)
> There were none, other than 65535.  Apparently, /etc/rc.d/ipfw attempts
> to kldload ipfw, which will fail if ipfw is compiled into the kernel,
> and since the precmd failed, the _cmd will not be run.  When did it
> become mandatory to have ipfw as a module, not compiled in?  Is there
> some rationale for this?  It strikes me as rather dangerous, especially
> for firewalls, especially when default-to-accept is chosen.  Am I just
> confused, and missing some obvious bit of config?
> 
> Is it relevant that my /usr is on vinum, and the rules are in /usr/local/etc?
> 
net.inet.ip.fw.enable is gone, and it upsets /etc/rc.d/ipfw.
I asked Andre to follow up on this.


Cheers,
-- 
Ruslan Ermilov
ru at FreeBSD.org
FreeBSD committer
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