[Q] setup_loopback

Artyom Viklenko artem at mipk.kharkiv.edu
Fri Apr 9 01:25:13 PDT 2004


Stepanishev Roman Petrovich wrote:

> Hi ifpw !
> 
> It may be offtopic, but why setup_loopback call 
> is not running in a case when
> rules are stored in an external file?
> 
> What reasons prevent to include a call of thit subroutine in to
> rc.firewall script?
> 
This was discussed some time before.
When you create your own ipfw configuration you have
to take care about whole picture and nothing else shuldn't
appear in rule base.

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