On Mon, Dec 27, 1999 at 02:52:03PM +0000, Emre wrote: > I apologize if this question is not appropriate for this list but... It is not I'm afraid. > I'm trying to firewall it using ipfw, when I issue the command > > ipfw add deny udp from any to any 1-2200 > > I get > > 00000 deny udp from any to any 1-2200 > ipfw: setsockopt(IP_FW_ADD): Protocol not available > > I only changed two lines in the GENERIC kernel. Did I screw it up? > I assumed packet filtering was enabled in the GENERIC kernel by default. Wrong assumption. See /sys/i386/conf/LINT for the entries you need to enable the firewall code. > Can anyone give me hints on how to fix this, or what this message means? > I already RTFM and the stuff in the handbook (the man page looks very similar > to the stuff that was in the handbook). Is there any reason for you to run -current? Because if there isn't you'd be better off using a -stable version of FreeBSD. -- Wilko Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands - The FreeBSD Project WWW : http://www.tcja.nl http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message