Subject: RE: IPNat broken under 1.4.2_ALPHA?
To: Darren Reed <darrenr@reed.wattle.id.au>
From: Mike Pelley <mike.pelley@coventus.com>
List: tech-net
Date: 02/25/2000 13:27:49
> This problem was due to the IP Filter code handling ioctl's before
> it had been "enabled" (people at NetBSD seem to think that
> compiling it in should not mean it gets enabled by default).

If it is enabled with ipf -E instead of enabled by default, it allows folks
who may have other PFIL hook pseudodevices to control the order in which
they are hooked.  I realize this is a very narrow set of people today, but
it's been very handy for me ;o)

CU!  Mike.