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Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 19:05:44 +0400
From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>
To: Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it>
Subject: Re: pf stuck
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On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 07:32:51PM +0200, Andrea Venturoli wrote:
A> Today a box of mine (8.4p16/amd64) stopped working as a router; I don't 
A> have a clear picture, but the internal nets were working perfectly, 
A> while the external interfaces lagged, dropped connections or stopped 
A> packets from passing.

I'd suggest to upgrade to FreeBSD 10. pf(4) was significantly improved there.

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Totus tuus, Glebius.