On further evaluation, it looks like it might be an issue with "pfil". When I remove the rc scripts that start both pfil and ipf from /etc and move the modules out of their respective directories (/kernel, /usr/kernel), the system starts working normally again. When I just enable pfil -- copy back only those rc scripts and kernel module -- the behaviour starts again.
Has anyone seen this before? Or -- is anyone aware of a binary package for pfil? I have found binary packages for ipf -- is this included? I don't recall at the moment and the system is at my office.. but I am pretty sure I remember having to install my own pfil with the binary ipf package that I used, and if my pfil is bad after all, then I probably need to start there. Thanks again, Sean
