Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 23:59:13 -0800 From: Will Prater <lists-wp@mercurycloud.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ipf / pf availability in 4.9 Message-ID: <394F2972-3B67-11D8-98F0-000A95DBBE34@mercurycloud.net> In-Reply-To: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGIEJAFCAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com> References: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGIEJAFCAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com>
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List, Anyone know if there is a way to get PF to port to FreeBSD 4.9? Thanks On Dec 30, 2003, at 7:26 PM, fbsd_user wrote: > PF has been just ported to FBSD. I don't know if ipf & pf have a > common code background, but I do know pf & ipf have totally > different rule processing logic though the rules do look some what > common. When it comes to using variables on the rule set, that is > just the normal function of shell processing. Ipfw, ipf, and pf can > all be buried inside of an shell script and perform variable > substitution. > In FBSD the rc.conf statement for pointing to the directory location > of the ipf rules can not process a script. You just point that > rc.conf statement to an empty file just to get the system up. Then > you have script in the startup application directory that executes > to load the ipf rules. Works great. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of > j.l@telus.net > Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 7:35 PM > To: questions@FreeBSD.org > Subject: ipf / pf > > Hi, > > Here's a question that might seem trivial: > > What's the relationship between the freebsd ipf and the openbsd pf? > Are they > the same thing, or are they separately developed branches of a > common > codebase? Or maybe they are totally different. I ask this because > I was > looking around for guides for ipf.rules, and some of the openbsd pf > examples > look similar, but some command syntax are different. The openbsd > pf.conf > example had the ability to define variables of ip addresses, > interface names, > etc, but it doesn't seem to work with ipf.rules. Is there any way > to define > variables in ipf.rules? > > please cc me in your responses cause I'm not subscribed to the list > > thanks so much > jonathan > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > --will
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