From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 26 17:46:53 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BB1B87EC; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 17:46:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qg0-x22d.google.com (mail-qg0-x22d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c04::22d]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5A8142085; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 17:46:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qg0-f45.google.com with SMTP id f51so6594111qge.4 for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 10:46:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=viFMfSu3xL0bTFa8U3C3BEbmu6BVglOxecAYkuGk1mE=; b=DU4ZFOWndCgW/oskVSH1MHmRJnT2yItI2wJCxg9456SFfibHMbBQBk4h59PUkHdxKd MvxgURExfBEgJ2xQ0Fbm8iH7cdpj5yGx3WChiZae1e6OM+jBJHeAobtNEKctFUTf1/2J vyz9+Mcw3LM0BRPDdDJWHNir1aOyC8sXQFR9SMARZUAK4Q86XxJliFTXRHhBgdW+l7gQ n+OWP9fgGFqUoBvIisyonOdEA02Ec8Zq1ANx5PNKBz13pja/hnzU8fIZukT9aNKAP/99 qdPrEVakmhWzvsJe+oUvVtXQGu+gITC6e5U4y21sejLm4QW/RInp3XMPL65uy/m4D6Fd 5GdQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.224.55.131 with SMTP id u3mr40337971qag.98.1406396812546; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 10:46:52 -0700 (PDT) Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.224.1.6 with HTTP; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 10:46:52 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <53C706C9.6090506@com.jkkn.dk> Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 10:46:52 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: V2--pUwN4_YN38yAhwN4fgKo044 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Future of pf / firewall in FreeBSD ? - does it have one ? From: Adrian Chadd To: Mark Felder Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: "Kristian K. Nielsen" , freebsd-current , FreeBSD Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 17:46:53 -0000 The flow in both directions has to include: * better locking / parallelism * virtualised forwarding support (ie, vimage) If he's happy to include some stubs for that, then sure. I think both dfbsd and freebsd can use the same pf. -a On 26 July 2014 08:27, Mark Felder wrote: > We've already heard of Henning offering to help port a new pf but the olive branch has been extended even further. He responded to some comments of mine on twitter: > > @HenningBrauer: @rhymebyter @feldpos I offered help/advice to whomever seriously attempts to update pf in @dragonflybsd AND @freebsd. > > @HenningBrauer: @feldpos it takes someone in freebsd/netbsd/dragonfly to update their ancient pf versions, then code can flow bidirectional > > Technical hurdles aside, that sounds like the beginning of an OpenPf to me... > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"