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Firewall: add warning message in firewall doc #1524

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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions docs/configuration/firewall/index.rst
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.. warning:: Due to a race condition that can lead to a failure during boot
process, all interfaces are initialized before firewall is configured. This
leads to a situation where the system is open to all traffic, and can be
considered as a security risk.

As VyOS is based on Linux it leverages its firewall. The Netfilter project
created iptables and its successor nftables for the Linux kernel to
work directly on packet data flows. This now extends the concept of
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