Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:49:19 -0400 From: "Sam Fourman Jr." <sfourman@gmail.com> To: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@komquats.com> Cc: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>, Scott Long <scott4long@yahoo.com>, "current@freebsd.org" <current@freebsd.org>, Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org>, Rui Paulo <rpaulo@felyko.com>, "net@freebsd.org" <net@freebsd.org>, "cpet@sdf.org" <cpet@sdf.org> Subject: Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer Message-ID: <CAOFF%2BZ2fb4MmRnUkAOYQKodOVyi-0UDVxGwXh0Xj1xnct88MmA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201304151748.r3FHmhC3002734@slippy.cwsent.com> References: <rpaulo@felyko.com> <18DF99B0-6E66-4906-A233-7778451B8A92@felyko.com> <201304151748.r3FHmhC3002734@slippy.cwsent.com>
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Thank you to those that have expressed interest in maintaining IP Filter.. My thoughts are, could we consider putting a option in the kernel config, and leaving it off by default for GENERIC? I think this is a acceptable compromise, considering some people wish for it to be removed. Sam Fourman Jr. On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@komquats.com>wrot= e: > In message <18DF99B0-6E66-4906-A233-7778451B8A92@felyko.com>, Rui Paulo > writes: > > 2013/04/15 9:55=E3=80=81Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@komquats.com> =E3=81= =AE=E3=83=A1=E3=83=83=E3=82=BB=E3=83=BC=E3=82=B8: > > > > > I've been planning on taking on IP Filter for quite some time. > > > Unfortunately I've left my src commit bit lapse (my ports commit bit = is > > > alive and well though) thus I'm looking for a mentor. In addition I'm > > > working on an ACER WMI/ACPI kld. One mentor would be preferred but tw= o > > > would be fine too. > > > > What are your plans regarding ipfilter? I remain unconvinced that it > should b > > e in the base system. Perhaps you can work on it as a port? > > The initial plan was to import IP Filter 5.1.2 into HEAD. darrenr@ hadn't > done much with IPF while employed with Sun. Since then there has been som= e > development that is long overdue for HEAD. > > I'm not sure if I'd MFC it into 9 or not. > > I did consider a port but given it would has to touch bits and pieces of > the source tree (/usr/src), a port would be messy and the decision was ma= de > to work on importing it into base. > > > > > Why do you want to work on something that people have been trying to > remove s > > ince 2005? > > I and others have been using it in FreeBSD for over decade. For the longe= st > of time we'd use a common set of rules across a FreeBSD and Solaris farm > (using ipfmeta, makefiles, rsync, rdist, and a local CVS repo). > Interoperability with other systems which use IP Filter is a plus. If > there's a maintainer, it only makes FreeBSD richer. Losing IP Filter woul= d > be a loss. > > > -- > Cheers, > Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@komquats.com> > FreeBSD UNIX: <cy@FreeBSD.org> Web: http://www.FreeBSD.org > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= " > --=20 Sam Fourman Jr.
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