On Sat, 14 Jul 2012, cr...@freebsd.org wrote: > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=165939
> Description > If user has tables used in /etc/ipfw.conf for example: > > table 1 add 64.6.108.239 > > then firewall restart: > > /etc/rc.d/ipfw start > > fails with: > Line 8: setsockopt(IP_FW_TABLE_ADD): File exists > Firewall rules loaded. > > and incomplete ruleset is loaded. This is serious security problem. > > How-To-Repeat > Fix > in /etc/rc.firewall > > after ${fwcmd} -f flush > you need to flush tables too with command > > ipfw table all flush Yes, to such a ruleset you'd need to add 'table all flush' too. ipfw flush specifically does not flush tables. I've long relied upon that, using mostly static tables only reloaded from a file saved hourly by cron, when $firewall_script finds tables are not loaded - ie at boot. cheers, Ian _______________________________________________ freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ipfw To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ipfw-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"