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Date:      Mon, 15 Oct 2001 17:29:05 +1000 (EST)
From:      carl@bl.echidna.id.au
To:        rguyom@pobox.com, vance@aurema.com
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, ipfilter@coombs.anu.edu.au
Subject:   Re: ipfilter ipv6
Message-ID:  <200110150729.f9F7T5ts028741@rollcage.bl.echidna.id.au>

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> From: Christopher Vance <vance@aurema.com>
> 
> : Well, there's one thing to consider : the FreeBSD commiter of IPFilter
> : is IPFilter's author itself, Darren Reed. And it seems he choose to
> : not enable IPv6 filtering. He should have good reasons to do so.
> 
> Is NetBSD any different?  I was told it uses ipf for ipv6, but it also
> seems to have an older version.  Perhaps it's like OpenBSD <= 2.9
> where the bits seem to be there but don't necessarily do what's
> promised.

I haven't actually tested it yet, but a vanilla 1.5.3alpha build
says : (this is just a copy of my OpenBSD (not working!) ruleset)

twat# ipfstat -6 -io
pass out quick on rtk1 proto tcp from any to 3ffe:8001:5:2:a00:20ff:fe18:a87d/128 port = 25 keep state
pass out quick on rtk1 proto tcp from any to 3ffe:8001:5:2:a00:20ff:fe18:a87d/128 port = 113 keep state
pass out quick on rtk1 proto tcp from any to 3ffe:8001:5:2:a00:20ff:fe18:a87d/128 port = 22 keep state
pass out quick on rtk1 proto tcp from 3ffe:8001:5::/48 to any port = 123
pass out quick on rtk1 proto udp from 3ffe:8001:5::/48 to any port = 123
pass out quick on lo0 from any to any
pass in quick proto tcp from any to any port = 53 keep state
pass in quick proto udp from any to any port = 53 keep state
pass in quick on rtk1 proto tcp from 3ffe:8001:5::/48 to any keep state
pass in quick on rtk1 proto udp from 3ffe:8001:5::/48 to any keep state
pass in quick on rtk1 proto ipv6-icmp from 3ffe:8001:5::/48 to any keep state
pass in quick on lo0 from any to any
block in log quick from any to any

> If I knew NetBSD's ipfilter worked right, I'd probably change my
> firewall OS, even though I'm happy with FreeBSD for the desktop.

I'm pretty sure it works.  I haven't had to recompile anything to 
get the above.  No live rules yet though, just the dummies above.

Carl



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