Subject: Re: New IP filter code
To: Michael Graff <explorer@flame.org>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 04/01/1997 21:03:01
Michael Graff writes:
> "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com> writes:
> 
> > > Having to explicitly turn ip_filter *on* is a bug, in some environments.
> > 
> > Indeed. You don't want packets to leak during bootup.
> 
> Can you turn it on before the interfaces are configured?  If so,
> that seems like a workable solution.

Indeed, that would work admirably! So admirably we do it already!

I feel like an idiot. My apologies.

Perry