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Date:      Tue, 15 Nov 2022 22:00:48 +0100
From:      Kristof Provost <kp@FreeBSD.org>
To:        void <void@f-m.fm>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: pf options in kernel
Message-ID:  <066FCA78-CDC6-4178-AAE1-6F9FD8A665CB@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <Y3P69NuvWOhxdmux@openbsd.local>
References:  <Y3P69NuvWOhxdmux@openbsd.local>

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On 15 Nov 2022, at 21:47, void wrote:
> Is there any advantage to having
> device pf
> options PF_DEFAULT_TO_DROP
>
> built into the kernel, over having
>
> "set block-policy drop" in /etc/pf.conf and "pf_enable=3D"YES"" in /etc=
/rc.conf?0
>
Configure this in your pf.conf file, not as a kernel option.

There=E2=80=99s at least one known bug with PF_DEFAULT_TO_DROP: https://b=
ugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D237477

As a general rule you should avoid custom kernel options whenever it=E2=80=
=99s remotely possible.

Kristof



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