Re: Getting ipfilter to work on Solaris 10

I have a x86 Solaris 10 box up and running, but not using sppp. The maintenance
to put this box live is not until the 22nd, so if I can help with tracking
something down I can do so.

I did not have any immediate issues with IPFilter, the Solaris 10 installer
program has a couple of minor things that could do with some attention maybe. (1
annoyance, and 1 cosmetic).

That and that there appears to be no IPFilter header files shipped with the OS.

Lund


Darren Reed wrote:
>>On Sun, 2005-02-13 at 14:37 +1100, Darren Reed wrote:
>>For now I give up. Solaris' own ipfilter is clearly not working and
>>using a self compiled ipfilter causes system crashes.
>
>
> I'll clarify the situation here.
>
> IPFilter with sppp does not work in Solaris10 "out of the box". This
> may be a bigger problem than first anticipated given that ADSL & pppoe
> is the way a lot of people connect to the Internet, today. I'll see
> what I can do about changing this situation but I cannot promise anyone
> anything.
>
> Being able to fix a problem is, in general, directly proportional to
> the amount of information available to describe it. For example, if
> someone just says "I tried this and it panics", I don't know where to
> start for testing/replicating the problem. If I've got access to the
> crash dumps, I can dig, in depth, through information about what was
> happening. On the other hand, sending html (only) email doesn't work
> for me either (I read email using a command line program, not a web
> browser.)
>
>
>>I was quite determined to run Solaris but this and other issues are
>>very frustrating.
>
>
> I can understand.
>
>
>>For over a week now I try to get it working properly with
>>only very limited success.
>
>
> I'm sorry it wasn't a better experience for you.
>
>
>>Given the fact that a lot of Sun people treat
>>Linux like a child implying Solaris' technical superiority I expected
>>more from this OS.
>
>
> Sometimes that "superiority" will lead to decisions being made not to
> support features that users desire, as is the case here, because the
> technical solution does not meet with internal requirements at Sun.
> In the Linux world, people can do anything and the bar is much much
> lower.
>
> And amongst all this, the frustrating part for me is I'm not able (yet)
> to do anything to test all this for various reasons, including lack of
> equipment at home & at work (I'm living & working away from my normal
> place of residence for most of this year.) Even then, I'm not sure how
> to go about building up a PPPoE test rig that includes a server end of
> some kind so I could try test out what you're trying to do.
>
> Darren
>
>

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