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| author | peter <peter@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-09-10 03:11:36 +0000 |
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| committer | peter <peter@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-09-10 03:11:36 +0000 |
| commit | b26809e50b299d3f5038597d967f9a730de7d88d (patch) | |
| tree | 3fe97dc9dba1251b3202aa7f1b7244a15008e5f5 /share/man/man4/ipfirewall.4 | |
| parent | 85d28c393b5b832b050e4fc51e0c113811252b1e (diff) | |
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Mention IPFIREWALL_DEFAULT_TO_ACCEPT and it's effect on rule 65535.
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/ipfirewall.4 b/share/man/man4/ipfirewall.4 index 9ad1ee3..2e9d124 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/ipfirewall.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/ipfirewall.4 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\" -.\" $Id: ipfirewall.4,v 1.6.2.2 1997/03/07 03:07:41 mpp Exp $ +.\" $Id: ipfirewall.4,v 1.10 1997/06/23 02:12:21 julian Exp $ .\" .Dd June 22, 1997 .Dt IPFIREWALL 4 @@ -23,8 +23,11 @@ which point the corresponding action is taken. Rules are numbered from 1 to 65534; multiple rules may share the same number. .Pp There is one rule that always exists, rule number 65535. This rule -causes all packets to be dropped. Hence, any packet which does not -match a lower numbered rule will be dropped. +normally causes all packets to be dropped. Hence, any packet which does not +match a lower numbered rule will be dropped. However, a kernel compile +time option +.Dq IPFIREWALL_DEFAULT_TO_ACCEPT +allows the administrator to change this fixed rule to permit everything. .Pp The value passed to .Fn setsockopt |
