Matthew Seaman writes: > >> Can someone affirmatively verify that this part (30.6.1) of the > >> Handbook is correct? Particularly the last sentence. > >> Quote: > >> > >> IPFW is included in the basic FreeBSD install as a > >> separate run time loadable module. The system will > >> dynamically load the kernel module when the rc.conf > >> statement firewall_enable="YES" is used. There is no need > >> to compile IPFW into the FreeBSD kernel unless NAT > >> functionality is desired. > > > > Yes, it is correct. > > > > You can also load during runtime: > > > > # kldload ipfw.ko > > That' not really the issue with what the quoted paragraph says. > Enabling ipfw functionality by loading a kernel module is not under > contention. The question is about ipfw+NAT. That paragraph says you > have to compile ipfw into the kernel to use ipfw+NAT, however on a > RELENG_8 system (at least) there's a loadable ipfw_nat.ko module. > Which very much implies you *don't* need to compile ipfw into the > kernel for ipfw+NAT nowadays.
Exactly! Robert Huff _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"