In message <20021125140506.GA2716@linux-info.net>, Sam Carleton writes:
>This subject pretty much says it all, how does one go about applying
>the IP packet filter rules (ipf.conf and ipnat.conf) without rebooting
>the NetBSD machine?
>
>Sam Carleton
>
The easiest way is to edit the files and then do

	/etc/rc.d/ipfilter reload
	/etc/rc.d/ipnat reload

(I'm less certain about the latter, since I haven't tried it.)  Make 
sure that you have ipfilter=YES in your /etc/rc.conf file.

		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb (me)
		http://www.wilyhacker.com ("Firewalls" book)