From 64579782ad76eb58ccb12a643b935272a1f5a2b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Gerzo Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:33:40 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] - remove WIP note from the IPFW section, I don't think it belongs there, all documentation is actually WIP... - add a note that IPFW now supports both IPv4 and IPv6 - remove now obsoleted IPV6FIREWALL* options (see http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2008-December/189329.html) Inspired by: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=1110 --- .../books/handbook/firewalls/chapter.sgml | 20 ++++--------------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls/chapter.sgml index af77944824..eab5a8db5f 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls/chapter.sgml @@ -2124,11 +2124,6 @@ pass in quick on rl0 proto tcp from any to any port = 20 flags S keep stateIPFW - - This section is work in progress. The contents might - not be accurate at all times. - - The IPFIREWALL (IPFW) is a &os; sponsored firewall software application authored and maintained by &os; volunteer staff members. It uses the legacy stateless rules and a legacy rule @@ -2136,7 +2131,8 @@ pass in quick on rl0 proto tcp from any to any port = 20 flags S keep state The IPFW sample rule set (found in - /etc/rc.firewall) in the standard &os; + /etc/rc.firewall and + /etc/rc.firewall6) in the standard &os; install is rather simple and it is not expected that it used directly without modifications. The example does not use stateful filtering, which is beneficial in most setups, so it @@ -2159,7 +2155,8 @@ pass in quick on rl0 proto tcp from any to any port = 20 flags S keep stateNAT facility, and the advanced special purpose facilities, the dummynet traffic shaper facilities, the 'fwd rule' forward facility, the bridge - facility, and the ipstealth facility. + facility, and the ipstealth facility. IPFW supports both IPv4 + and IPv6. Enabling IPFW @@ -2256,15 +2253,6 @@ net.inet.ip.fw.verbose_limit=5 firewall by default, which is a good idea when you are first setting up your firewall. - options IPV6FIREWALL -options IPV6FIREWALL_VERBOSE -options IPV6FIREWALL_VERBOSE_LIMIT -options IPV6FIREWALL_DEFAULT_TO_ACCEPT - - These options are exactly the same as the IPv4 options but - they are for IPv6. If you do not use IPv6 you might want to - use IPV6FIREWALL without any rules to block all IPv6 - kernel options