Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 14:37:14 -0500 (CDT) From: "Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@reedmedia.net> To: beno <zope@2012.vi> Cc: freebsd-pf@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What Do These Devices Do? Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.64.0608111434440.923@glacier.reedmedia.net> In-Reply-To: <44DCD5E4.9020405@2012.vi> References: <44DCD5E4.9020405@2012.vi>
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On Fri, 11 Aug 2006, beno wrote: > I'm following a great tutorial on how to build strong and safe IPFilters. > However, I don't have the same devices in my box that it references, and I > don't know what my devices do, so I can't write my rules yet. Please tell me > what these guys do (what packets they receive or send, etc.): > > vr0 vr0 is probably your network card, like a D-Link or VIA Rhine Ethernet. > plip0 IP over parallel line. Rarely used. > lo0 This is your loopback interface, such as 127.0.0.1 "ifconfig -a" should tell you about your interfaces. And use "netstat -bi" to see if they are used too.
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