SUMMARY: /etc/ifaccess.conf Can it be changed dynamically?

From: Karen Y Byrd (kybyrd@pobox.upenn.edu)
Date: Fri Dec 06 2002 - 13:04:06 EST


Thanks to Mandell Degerness(and Paolo Lucente)
for the answer which is:
 
> Yes, but you have to do "ifconfig <interface> -filter;ifconfig <interface>
> filter". This will leave a very brief window when you do not have packet
> filtering in place. The time is normally small enough that it is
> discounted, however.
>

> -----Original Message-----
>
> Can the contents /etc/ifaccess.conf be changed dynamically without
> needing to do a ifconfig down and ifconfig up?
>
> I'm using 4.0g.
>



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