To my knowledge it is already off by default and you need these options to enable it
options IPFILTER options IPFILTER_LOG so to those that wish to have it removed from base, if it has a maintainer whats the trouble? On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Sam Fourman Jr. <sfour...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thank you to those that have expressed interest in maintaining IP Filter.. > > My thoughts are, could we consider putting a option in the kernel config, > and leaving it off by default for GENERIC? > I think this is a acceptable compromise, considering some people wish for > it to be removed. > > Sam Fourman Jr. > > > On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Cy Schubert <cy.schub...@komquats.com>wrote: > >> In message <18df99b0-6e66-4906-a233-7778451b8...@felyko.com>, Rui Paulo >> writes: >> > 2013/04/15 9:55、Cy Schubert <cy.schub...@komquats.com> のメッセージ: >> > >> > > I've been planning on taking on IP Filter for quite some time. >> > > Unfortunately I've left my src commit bit lapse (my ports commit bit >> is >> > > alive and well though) thus I'm looking for a mentor. In addition I'm >> > > working on an ACER WMI/ACPI kld. One mentor would be preferred but two >> > > would be fine too. >> > >> > What are your plans regarding ipfilter? I remain unconvinced that it >> should b >> > e in the base system. Perhaps you can work on it as a port? >> >> The initial plan was to import IP Filter 5.1.2 into HEAD. darrenr@ hadn't >> done much with IPF while employed with Sun. Since then there has been some >> development that is long overdue for HEAD. >> >> I'm not sure if I'd MFC it into 9 or not. >> >> I did consider a port but given it would has to touch bits and pieces of >> the source tree (/usr/src), a port would be messy and the decision was >> made >> to work on importing it into base. >> >> > >> > Why do you want to work on something that people have been trying to >> remove s >> > ince 2005? >> >> I and others have been using it in FreeBSD for over decade. For the >> longest >> of time we'd use a common set of rules across a FreeBSD and Solaris farm >> (using ipfmeta, makefiles, rsync, rdist, and a local CVS repo). >> Interoperability with other systems which use IP Filter is a plus. If >> there's a maintainer, it only makes FreeBSD richer. Losing IP Filter would >> be a loss. >> >> >> -- >> Cheers, >> Cy Schubert <cy.schub...@komquats.com> >> FreeBSD UNIX: <c...@freebsd.org> Web: http://www.FreeBSD.org >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org >> " >> > > > > -- > > Sam Fourman Jr. > -- Sam Fourman Jr. _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
