Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 22:40:40 +1000 From: Darren Reed <darrenr@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Future of pf / firewall in FreeBSD ? - does it have one ? Message-ID: <53CFAD48.1090902@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <86fvhvrgfc.fsf@srvbsdfenssv.interne.associated-bears.org> References: <53C706C9.6090506@com.jkkn.dk> <20140718110645.GN87212@FreeBSD.org> <20140718151255.b3e677d9.gerrit.kuehn@aei.mpg.de> <CALfReycHtSi5GXgFZihrTsgDG6wc-ZfkYmQu7AjQmOKdeXntrA@mail.gmail.com> <CAEeRwNV3bJrM5KrGObZtNvSY1mVMW9jz2M4t2m2SSq_vvWmZ5w@mail.gmail.com> <CALfReyfWJd7YOi_Y8Mq=Q-xndLueF7vU5xwc1w_YGyM1a9DQZA@mail.gmail.com> <53CA2D39.6000204@sasktel.net> <CALfReyfkZY1ZDNohP6npRVQfjBK2M6j59R8idUGazr1yJDX3Jg@mail.gmail.com> <86fvhvrgfc.fsf@srvbsdfenssv.interne.associated-bears.org>
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On 21/07/2014 5:14 AM, Eric Masson wrote: > krad <kraduk@gmail.com> writes: > > Hi, > >> I really like the idea of the openpf version, that has been mentioned >> in this thread. > It would be nice but as it's been written in this thread, Open & Free > internals are quite different beasts, goals are different on both > platforms, so I doubt OpenPF will exist in the future. > >> It would be awesome if it ended up as a supported linux thing as well, >> so the world could be rid of iptables. > Linux world will get rid of iptables one of these days, nftables > inclusion in mainline is a clear signal. > And the design behind nftables is similar to that of NetBSD's npf. Darren
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