From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 15 18:49:21 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFAA3C2D; Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:49:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sfourman@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vb0-x235.google.com (mail-vb0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c02::235]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D146132D; Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:49:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vb0-f53.google.com with SMTP id i3so3982107vbh.26 for ; Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:49:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=FjVV7VOsNjGtJCWgVclbNWEX2Wdf0BAhoFTKy4HyTY8=; b=skhejkY0dHHPB8NDe2rA5bEdCZ14UeAliEEw/63/8B1DwqsmdBhsf0ua7I1//WsHw4 nr12fcmz2ErB1zsxRRMsAAyV//dwA0jGSEdpTbb1NJZ3P/f7CnNU9vn21f5niqXB2otB UjRdyjzhYhuMOPfrKXFhu+bvjVP4ZLBfiLqxbxObZg1TcxlBBgZlsp23i2rt0srByvqz wWFOvvrgnSdRZwaKZCNFRu8bestG9Yoi8URsot7LW0jDGaKaVKanZkLmx7j2GsC/iYG9 z6VrEw63Eq5EKBeNlm2FTRjlabHdlXSxH8opeJAo0CtYtw0ve4mnkn1nLfOkAckESekx Wd0A== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.220.106.14 with SMTP id v14mr17014585vco.2.1366051760054; Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:49:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.61.11 with HTTP; Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:49:19 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201304151748.r3FHmhC3002734@slippy.cwsent.com> References: <18DF99B0-6E66-4906-A233-7778451B8A92@felyko.com> <201304151748.r3FHmhC3002734@slippy.cwsent.com> Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:49:19 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer From: "Sam Fourman Jr." To: Cy Schubert Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: Warren Block , Scott Long , "current@freebsd.org" , Chris Rees , Rui Paulo , "net@freebsd.org" , "cpet@sdf.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:49:21 -0000 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 wrot= e: > In message <18DF99B0-6E66-4906-A233-7778451B8A92@felyko.com>, Rui Paulo > writes: > > 2013/04/15 9:55=E3=80=81Cy Schubert =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 > FreeBSD UNIX: 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.