Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2016 20:59:14 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> To: Srikanth Reddy <srikanthkumar.net@gmail.com> Cc: Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com>, "freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org" <freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Ipfw+dummynet on Windows 10 Message-ID: <CAAdA2WNFS2jidKAW4PMogkiV4kTeH5XquYJauJ4CTqLyozraaA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAMYJkME2K0r3dg5wMQi1nYPcDno7oMBBEM%2BG9-YBAC7mAxPHRw@mail.gmail.com> References: <mailman.113.1477569602.88772.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> <20161029025126.X13445@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <CAMYJkMEf8iMdRzgc-TfWE%2BZ5mxpwiJ7267L0y0227q=C2AdgLA@mail.gmail.com> <5836EE92.5060506@gmail.com> <CAMYJkME2K0r3dg5wMQi1nYPcDno7oMBBEM%2BG9-YBAC7mAxPHRw@mail.gmail.com>
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FreeBSD Team actually include ipfw team, BUT as long as you see ipfw included in a version of FreeBSD, then it's been tested and certified as "works". That does not mean they also test and ensure it works on Windows as M$ continues to change/break things :-) On 24 November 2016 at 19:33, Srikanth Reddy <srikanthkumar.net@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Ernie, > Thank you very much. > You are right, I was in the assumption that Freebsd team include Ipfw tea= m. > Hence wrote the email to this community as I badly need windows 10 suppor= t. > > It will be a great help if you can provide ipfw developer contact > information. > > Thanks and Regards, > Srikanth. > > On Thursday, November 24, 2016, Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Srikanth Reddy wrote: > > > >> > >> On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 10:11 PM, Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au > >> <mailto:smithi@nimnet.asn.au>> wrote: > >> > >> freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org <mailto:freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org> > >> > >> > >> > >> =E2=80=8BHello All, > >> We couldn't find the right piece of code to change to achieve Windows = 10 > >> compatibility of ipfw. > >> Could any one of you can help us on =E2=80=8Bthis part?since we used i= pfw in one > >> of my research project its very critical for us to achieve ipfw > >> compatibility on windows 10 as it was working fine in windows 7 machin= es > >> without any issues.we are Ok to pay some money ( if that is not going = to > >> cost so much ) as you need to spend some effort to go though your code > >> again. > >> > >> Buts its our humble request to all of you. > >> > >> Thanks & Regards, > >> Srikanth. > >> > > > > > > Hello Srikanth. > > > > I think you are barking up the wrong tree here. What you need is a pers= on > > who is experienced in win10 internals not Freebsd. Even though ipfw is > > maintained by the freebsd ipfw project does not mean freebsd had anythi= ng > > to do with making it able to run on win7. A win programmer took the ope= n > > source ipfw code and made changes to it so it would run on win7. > > > > You need to contact that win7 programmer who did that work and ask him = it > > he is interested in upgrading his work for win10. > > > > Some suggestions. > > > > 1. Submit a format proposal to the FreeBSD foundation to fund a project > to > > perform the desired work. This option is going to take some time. Maybe > up > > to a year. > > > > 2. Change your focuses from Freebsd to Microsoft. There are win10 > > development forums where you can ask for help and advice. Maybe you can > > find the support you want there. > > > > Good Luck > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > --=20 Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 "Oh, the cruft."
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