On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Josh Brooks wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I want to:
>
> kldload ipfw.ko
>
> but I am not near the physical machine, and cannot type in an allow rule
> after loading the module - by default all traffic will be denied.
>
> How can I load the ipfw.ko module but not knock myself off the network ?
>
> My only thought was to put an `ipfw add` rule into a cron job to run one
> minute after I load the module, but that seems silly :)
Try this:
# cd /sys/modules/ipfw
edit Makefile and uncomment the line:
#CFLAGS+= -DIPFIREWALL_DEFAULT_TO_ACCEPT
Then 'make; make install'
you may have to do a 'make clean' before is you already compiled the module.
After that, you'll have a ipfw.ko with a default accept policy.
Hope this helps
Fer
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