Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 00:32:28 +0200 From: "Kristian K. Nielsen" <freebsd@com.jkkn.dk> To: freebsd-pf@FreeBSD.org Subject: Future of pf in FreeBSD ? - does it have one ? Message-ID: <53BC717C.9080108@com.jkkn.dk>
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Hi all, I am a happy user of the pf-firewall module and have been for years and think it is really great but lately its getting a bit dusty. The last few years, however, it seem that pf in FreeBSD got a long way away from pf in OpenBSD where it originated and I am also continually watching where FreeBSD goes with ipfilter (ipf) and ipfw (dead?). So I am curious if any on the mailing could elaborate about what the future of pf in FreeBSD is. a) First of all - are any actively developing pf in FreeBSD? b) We are a major release away from OpenBSD (5.6 coming soon) - is following OpenBSD's pf the past? c) We never got the new syntax from OpenBSD 4.7's pf - is that still blocking us? d) Anyone working on bringing FreeBSD up to 5.6? e) OpenBSD is retiring ALTQ entirely - any thoughts on that? http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20140419151959 f) IPv6 support?- it seem to be more and more challenged in the current version of pf in FreeBSD and I am (as well as others) introducing more and more IPv6 in networks. E.x. Bugs #179392, #172648, #130381, #127920 and more seriously #124933, which is the bug on not handling IPv6 fragments which have been open since 2008 and where the workaround is necessity to leave an open hole in your firewall ruleset to allow all fragments. Occoring to comment in the bug, this have been long gone in OpenBSD. Hope to heard from you all, Best regards, Kristian Krĉmmer Nielsen, Odense, Denmark
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