https://redmine.pfsense.org/https://redmine.pfsense.org/favicon.ico?16780521162014-08-21T05:05:47ZpfSense bugtrackerpfSense - Bug #3819: Firewall Rule Basics documentation dangerously misleadinghttps://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/3819?journal_id=145472014-08-21T05:05:47ZChris Buechlercbuechler@gmail.com
<ul><li><strong>Status</strong> changed from <i>New</i> to <i>Resolved</i></li></ul><p>You were reading it wrong, it didn't claim no traffic would be passed, it stated traffic not matching any firewall rules is blocked. I edited to clarify.</p> pfSense - Bug #3819: Firewall Rule Basics documentation dangerously misleadinghttps://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/3819?journal_id=145572014-08-21T20:02:06Zbadon _
<ul></ul><p>The phrase you changed it to is this one:</p>
<p>"Where no user-configured firewall rules match, traffic is denied."</p>
<p>That is incorrect, because the default rules that pass all traffic are not user-configured. The phrase should be this:</p>
<p>"Where no firewall rules match, traffic is denied."</p>
<p>I suggest another phrase be added that says something like this:</p>
<p>"The default firewall rules will pass all traffic."</p>
<p>It appears I am unable to re-open this bug.</p> pfSense - Bug #3819: Firewall Rule Basics documentation dangerously misleadinghttps://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/3819?journal_id=145582014-08-21T20:02:46Zbadon _
<ul></ul><p>For your convenience, here's the diff:</p>
<p><a class="external" href="https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php?title=Firewall_Rule_Basics&diff=5937&oldid=5437">https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php?title=Firewall_Rule_Basics&diff=5937&oldid=5437</a></p> pfSense - Bug #3819: Firewall Rule Basics documentation dangerously misleadinghttps://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/3819?journal_id=235382015-12-21T01:18:13Zbadon _
<ul></ul><p>This is still not resolved. It still has incorrect information.</p> pfSense - Bug #3819: Firewall Rule Basics documentation dangerously misleadinghttps://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/3819?journal_id=235722015-12-21T13:20:19ZChris Buechlercbuechler@gmail.com
<ul></ul><p>Not really, but I added yet another clarification.</p> pfSense - Bug #3819: Firewall Rule Basics documentation dangerously misleadinghttps://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/3819?journal_id=499512020-12-14T05:54:06ZMSNYCgogma MSNYCgogma
<ul><li><strong>File</strong> <i>116.gif</i> added</li></ul> pfSense - Bug #3819: Firewall Rule Basics documentation dangerously misleadinghttps://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/3819?journal_id=499552020-12-14T08:46:45ZJim Pingle
<ul><li><strong>File</strong> deleted (<del><i>116.gif</i></del>)</li></ul>