Re: RELENG_5 kernel b0rken with IPFIREWALL and without PFIL_HOOKS

From: Barney Wolff <barney_at_databus.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 12:04:45 -0400
On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 06:54:13PM +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> 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.

Yes, but aside from that, ipfw_precmd returns 1 if the kldload fails,
which if I'm not confused causes ipfw_start not to be run.  At least
that's what my system as of 8/17/04 says.
Barney

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