issues : FreeBSD kernel compile for ipfw support

[Andrey V. Elsukov]

Madan Thapa wrote:
> 1) I compiled bsd kernel for ipfw support using the doc at
> http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-setup-freebsd-ipfw-firewall/  and upon

I prefer an official documentation:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls-ipfw.html

> reboot, the system did not allow connections from outside. 

Yes, the default configuration blocks any packets.

> I could login to
> the server remotely via IPMI but not via ssh, although, ipfw entries were
> not setup in /etc/rc.conf to start on boot.

You compiled ipfw(9) into kernel and it works by default.

> on subsequent reboots.  Like in linux we do it in grub.conf

You can install grub on the FreeBSD too.

> 2) Can you also let me know the steps to add ipfw support in kernel?

Read the Handbook's article.

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WBR, Andrey V. Elsukov