docs/106315: man blackhole mentions ONLY ipfw
Dr. Markus Waldeck
waldeck at gmx.de
Mon Dec 4 13:50:21 UTC 2006
>Number: 106315
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: man blackhole mentions ONLY ipfw
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
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>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Mon Dec 04 13:50:03 GMT 2006
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Dr. Markus Waldeck
>Release: 7.0-CURRENT-200611
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD fbh 7.0-CURRENT-200611 FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT-200611
root at fb:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/FB70B01 i386
>Description:
man blackhole:
> WARNING
> The TCP and UDP blackhole features should not be regarded as a replace-
> ment for ipfw(8) as a tool for firewalling a system. In order to create
> a highly secure system, ipfw(8) should be used for protection, not the
> blackhole feature.
I agree absolutely with the intention of the warning.
But ipfw is NOT the only firewall implementation
which is available in FreeBSD!
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