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 
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