From cfe3bbfda24aec93b18ac7e021df6e0ebf9f6c3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Poul-Henning Kamp Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 15:20:20 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document that the firewall will no longer reorder the rules. --- sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8 | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8 b/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8 index b1918246efd4..3b407a9c6fb4 100644 --- a/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8 +++ b/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8 @@ -284,9 +284,14 @@ Currently there is no method for filtering out specific types of ICMP packets. Either you don't filter ICMP at all, or all ICMP packets are filtered. .Pp -The system has a rule weighting system for the firewall chain. This -means that rules are not used in the order that they are specified. To -see what rule ordering is used, use the +The system has an optional rule weighting system for the firewall chain. +This means that rules are not used in the order that they are specified. +To enable this feature, you need to recompile your kernel, see the +.I LINT +configuration for details. +In general you do not want that. +.Pp +To see what rule ordering is used, use the .Em list command. .Pp