Re: Suggestion for Chapter 33 (firewalls) in FreeBSD handbook

On Thu, 23 Apr 2026 at 01:36, MP <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I think that the "if firewall_type...configuration of the system" line in
> Chapter 33 of the Handbook under IPFW is confusing because it makes it seem
> like only the "client" or "simple" IPFW presets can be modified by the rules
> specified in /etc/rc.firewall. There is nothing mentioning that, for example,
> inbound ssh connections can be allowed on the workstation preset by using
> firewall_myservices and firewall_allowservices. Furthermore, there is nothing
> that I could easily find in the handbook or in /etc/rc.firewall that indicates
> that the modifications to the default rules should be added to /etc/rc.conf to
> persist across reboots.
>
> I think that there should be something in the handbook that says something
> like "configuring something like allowing inbound ssh connections to the
> workstation preset can be done by adding 'firewall_myservices="ssh"' and
> 'firewall_allowservices="any"' as found in /etc/rc.firewall to /etc/rc.conf"
> would be helpful. Or there at least could be something indicating that all
> presets can be modified by adding rules found in /etc/rc.firewall to /etc/
> rc.conf.
>
>
>

Hi,

Thank you so much for the suggestion.
I plan to run another Handbook Working Group after we finish with the
new design for the website.

If you want, I can also add you to the Working Group.

Bye!