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Re: Bug in 1.2.13 firewall?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Arnt Gulbrandsen)
Thu Jun 13 15:42:07 1996

To: duxmike@iafrica.com
Cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
Cc: dennis@etinc.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 13 Jun 1996 09:24:33 +0200"
Date: 	Thu, 13 Jun 1996 15:33:35 +0200
From: Arnt Gulbrandsen <agulbra@troll.no>

duxmike@iafrica.com
> I cant add more than 16 rules to a firewall using 1.2.13. ipfw dumps core
> and ipfwadm reports no rules after adding the 16th. The rules show up
> in /proc. Anybody seen this? Could it be libc-5.2.18 + kernel 1.2.13? The
> code for ipfwadm looks ok and does the kernel code (as best as I can tell)
> so I am stumped. I would switch to 2.0 but this particular system has an ET
> card in it which does not support newer kernels nor do they provide source
> to fix the driver yourself. 

I agree.  I have the same card, the same kernel, the same libc, and
the same problems.  I'm running a slightly hacked kernel, had to hack
ip_fw.c to get it off the ground at all.

Dennis, we're waiting for a 2.0 module..

--Arnt


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