Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 17:17:52 +0200 From: Max Laier <max@love2party.net> To: freebsd-pf@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, LI Xin <delphij@delphij.net> Subject: Re: pf(4) status in 7.0-R Message-ID: <200706011717.54698.max@love2party.net> In-Reply-To: <465FFFA4.1060706@delphij.net> References: <20070601103549.GA22490@localhost.localdomain> <465FFFA4.1060706@delphij.net>
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[ moving this to the more specific list ] On Friday 01 June 2007, LI Xin wrote: > Stanislaw Halik wrote: > > Heya, > > > > Are there any plans to sync pf(4) before 7.0-R? OpenBSD has some neat > > stuff in it, including expiretable functionality, which would come in > > handy. > > Last time I have talked with Max (Cc'ed) about the issue, we finally > figured out that porting the whole stuff would need some > infrastructural changes to our routing code, which could be risky so we > wanted to avoid it at this stage (about 15 days before RELENG_7 code > freeze). On the other hand, some functionality (like the expiretable > feature) does not seem to touch a large part of kernel and might be > appropriate > RELENG_7(_0) candidate. > > Could you please enumerate some features that FreeBSD is currently lack > of and are considered "high priority" so we will be able to evaluate > whether to port? > > BTW. Patches are always welcome, as usual :-) So don't hesitate to > submit if you already did some work. ditto. I'd like to import a couple of features on a per-feature base rather than doing a complete import which isn't possible anymore due to SMP and routing code changes. Submit your list of features and I'll see what I can do this weekend. My list includes: - keep state and flags S/SA to default - improved state table purgeing (this is internal, but a huge benefit) - interface handling (groups etc.) - pfsync / pflog update (not 100% sure about these due to libpcap / tcpdump dependency) While at it, I might also introduce needed ABI breakage for netgraph interaction. Anything else? -- /"\ Best regards, | mlaier@freebsd.org \ / Max Laier | ICQ #67774661 X http://pf4freebsd.love2party.net/ | mlaier@EFnet / \ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Against HTML Mail and News
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