On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 04:46:00PM -0400, Sam Carleton wrote:
> I have spent some time working with Linux, Solaris (on both Intel and
> SPARC), and FreeBSD.  I now have NetBSD installed on an old machine here
> and plain to use it as a firewall.
> 
> I cannot figure out two things:
> 
> 1: who reads in the /etc/rc.conf and really gets things up and running?
> Back with FreeBSD, I do believe it was /etc/rc, but it does not look to
> be the case on NetBSD.

System startup still starts from /etc/rc. Since 1.5 /etc/rc will call
scripts from /etc/rc.d/ with 'start' argument, in order defined by
rcorder(1). Each script reads /etc/rc.conf.

> 
> 2: Is there some basic instructions to setup a basic firewall/NAT?  I
> saw the info on the HTTP manual, but that is using ppp and I simply am
> not with it enough for it to click with me.  I can get the rules in
> place, I just need some help with the infrastructure.

I think there are examples in /usr/share/examples/ipf

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