Thanks Mark: my machine would load the modules when the system boots up. here is my rc.conf:
firewall_enable="YES" firewall_script="/etc/ipfw.conf" firewall_logging="YES" does that matter? --- On Mon, 2/9/09, Mark Andrews <mark_andr...@isc.org> wrote: > From: Mark Andrews <mark_andr...@isc.org> > Subject: Re: ipv6 and ipfw > To: ipfr...@yahoo.com > Cc: "freebsd security" <freebsd-security@freebsd.org> > Date: Monday, February 9, 2009, 4:12 PM > In message > <416026.72989...@web52103.mail.re2.yahoo.com>, gahn > writes: > > Thanks Mark: > > > > Sorry I am using FreeBSD 7.1. > > > > Best > > FreeBSD 6's ipfw has IPv6 support so I presume 7's > does as well. > > Note I build my kernel with the following options as I > want > forwarding. > > options IPFIREWALL > options IPFIREWALL_FORWARD > > Mark > > > --- On Mon, 2/9/09, Mark Andrews > <mark_andr...@isc.org> wrote: > > > > > From: Mark Andrews <mark_andr...@isc.org> > > > Subject: Re: ipv6 and ipfw > > > To: ipfr...@yahoo.com > > > Cc: "freebsd security" > <freebsd-security@freebsd.org> > > > Date: Monday, February 9, 2009, 3:14 PM > > > In message > > > > <856498.31257...@web52106.mail.re2.yahoo.com>, gahn > > > writes: > > > > Hi all: > > > > > > > > I have a station that has multiple > interfaces. Some of > > > interfaces run both ip > > > > v4 and ipv6. checked with man pages of > rc.conf and it > > > seems to be telling me > > > > that ipfw for ipv4 and ipv6 are two > different > > > processes and need two differen > > > > t scripts. > > > > > > > > Is it correct? Or anyone here can direct me > for the > > > web sites with more infor > > > > mation? > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > The answer to that is version specific. IPFW2 > includes > > > support for IPv6 as well as IPv4 though not all > the > > > features > > > are supported for IPv6. > > > > > > Mark > > > -- > > > Mark Andrews, ISC > > > 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia > > > PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: > > > mark_andr...@isc.org > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-security@freebsd.org mailing list > > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > > > "freebsd-security-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-security@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-security-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > -- > Mark Andrews, ISC > 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia > PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: > mark_andr...@isc.org _______________________________________________ freebsd-security@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-security-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
