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authorphk <phk@FreeBSD.org>1996-02-13 15:20:20 +0000
committerphk <phk@FreeBSD.org>1996-02-13 15:20:20 +0000
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Document that the firewall will no longer reorder the rules.
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diff --git a/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8 b/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8
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@@ -284,9 +284,14 @@ Currently there is no method for filtering out specific types of ICMP
packets. Either you don't filter ICMP at all, or all ICMP packets are
filtered.
.Pp
-The system has a rule weighting system for the firewall chain. This
-means that rules are not used in the order that they are specified. To
-see what rule ordering is used, use the
+The system has an optional rule weighting system for the firewall chain.
+This means that rules are not used in the order that they are specified.
+To enable this feature, you need to recompile your kernel, see the
+.I LINT
+configuration for details.
+In general you do not want that.
+.Pp
+To see what rule ordering is used, use the
.Em list
command.
.Pp
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