Firewall rules / Proper directory

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On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 12:36:51 -0400 (EDT)
"Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET" <ml at t-b-o-h.net> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> 	I'm developing firewall rules for a machine, and I'm wondering
> what the standard is for putting my version of an ipfw
> "firewall_script"?
> 
> 	I'd normally drop it onto /usr/local/etc somewhere, but
> my /u/l/e is an NFS filesystem, and according to rcorder it starts
> ipfw WAY before the nfsclient. I don't want to stomp
> on /etc/rc.firewall, I like having it as a reference and one less
> thing to have to worry about mergemaster overwriting.

cp /etc/rc.firewall /etc/my.firewall

add to rc.conf:

firewall_script="/etc/my.firewall"