From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Nov 24 17:59:57 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3184EC53A8D; Thu, 24 Nov 2016 17:59:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from odhiambo@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wm0-x234.google.com (mail-wm0-x234.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::234]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B3F43A31; Thu, 24 Nov 2016 17:59:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from odhiambo@gmail.com) Received: by mail-wm0-x234.google.com with SMTP id g23so122255330wme.1; Thu, 24 Nov 2016 09:59:56 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=Dq70mD48uGJKgQt87lSeJRNy1tP+njeEa3YLg0dU600=; b=jjbrho9Dsoej7K8ijXOiWsSLdfDgE2nsoWtyMU22hVXpyMSQrp2LJ8iIRxBU8OIcd1 giBMBKLQoWEXUszV4WB5N0z0DFI4YeEFlLD0jOP5d4r53XQ90QCUOpPF6QQZXcOWcMln 221jtFAzFOHz5tlASFc8my3bWwj7txlH3epo6c7xlmkSeIxKAS5drHgyL5VK57Wpdxzp XvmDLj/DaeGi90Fr2aOTTLQnJr2Z9LPPCVm+/oZSp8rnQ7MDkwyJIz9BY6NKf1aF2mIV jRRuDJxyjyzWAkaAmbSjigQhF8BeT99FHf/KIDvF7/iC8c1nmjBISrv5xRSeZf4DbWk7 YjxA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=Dq70mD48uGJKgQt87lSeJRNy1tP+njeEa3YLg0dU600=; b=kyvbq3/e6ROGkRFibwqfQyY4BI4dweEyK0vQGxToJf7Q/6Whp5NDMyJqZyutk+m7Wd p3DS32h8Q2UGnXo1bXni4zUZqO+Xud/XbZsEsizNFwryFBhR/ysLkwgJsuAUwPLt1kDJ p2R5q2QminV6z2/b3lmoWN7w+eJWHXRXP7zPMHTr6jFakcFMBAUGK1p6zHB0K5tzUk/5 s6s3CdHM/qEwVKKDPKoiyqTd6xZfAEcECnU7tdnJpqRIwjqJglSIyPlLoRs28KBx2vIF Ebdc00npUIokfqQG0qI8+j5jOBdiqSmnVe5s1wQmGBTH4SdM8dLTtsQkLuNsR99LA7T5 vaZg== X-Gm-Message-State: AKaTC01aFKvFLUoNqm8AHnntzZ+XgYdDRJEMH3zOjuPxr2PHkxZkH5UzVjB29DVh/Ew3xSun+lm2/+IvZAsb3g== X-Received: by 10.28.111.138 with SMTP id c10mr3448185wmi.135.1480010395159; Thu, 24 Nov 2016 09:59:55 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.194.44.69 with HTTP; Thu, 24 Nov 2016 09:59:14 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <20161029025126.X13445@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <5836EE92.5060506@gmail.com> From: Odhiambo Washington Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2016 20:59:14 +0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Ipfw+dummynet on Windows 10 To: Srikanth Reddy Cc: Ernie Luzar , "freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org" , freebsd-questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2016 17:59:57 -0000 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 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 wrote: > > > Srikanth Reddy wrote: > > > >> > >> On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 10:11 PM, Ian Smith >> > wrote: > >> > >> 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."