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authorkeramida <keramida@FreeBSD.org>2002-10-22 22:39:18 +0000
committerkeramida <keramida@FreeBSD.org>2002-10-22 22:39:18 +0000
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The ipfw module is only loaded if necessary.
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@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ a firewall in the sample firewall section below.
You do not need to create a custom kernel to use the IP firewalling features.
If you enable firewalling in your
.Em /etc/rc.conf
-(see below), the ipfw kernel module will be loaded automatically. However,
+(see below), the ipfw kernel module will be loaded automatically
+when necessary.
+However,
if you are paranoid you can compile IPFW directly into the
.Fx
kernel by using the
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