IPFW question

[MikeM]

Since I reload the firewall rules remotely, I need the -q option on the 
ipfw command, e.g.:

 ipfw -q /etc/ipfw.conf 

otherwise I lose my ssh connection to the box.

See man ipfw(8) for details on -q





On 3/10/2004 at 8:27 PM Thomas Vogt wrote:

|Hi
|
|ipfw flush # deletes all
|ipfw /etc/ipfw.conf # loads all
|
|regards
|Thomas
|
|Nagy László Zsolt wrote:
|> 
|>  Hi!
|> 
|> I'm using my own ip firewall (firewall_type="/etc/ipfw.conf") on my 
|> FreeBSD 5.2 system. My problem is, how can I reload the whole thing? The

|> ipfw command is for creating and deleting individual rules. What I would

|> like to do is to create profiles (different config files) and reload the

|> whole firewall configuration anytime. Is there a command for this? What 
|> I do now is that I reboot my box every time I change firewall 
|> configuration. But of course this is clumsy and very bad. I may start 
|> services on the server which will not allow me to reboot daily. Thanks 
|> in advance.
|> 
|>   Laci 2.0
|> 
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