Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 13:45:09 +0100 From: Christer Solskogen <christer.solskogen@gmail.com> To: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Modulok <modulok@gmail.com> Subject: Re: The book of pf... Message-ID: <AANLkTi=a6y6ZOjU_BikSeDUCui2X3kCJ3Y4be=1cXUYR@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimHxUs%2BYgQy9E7yETp_so0y2_D97GZUiuT9TiyN@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTikQcfa8WBrZuvAVe%2BeDzt7Cj_QjUQxz6c5kZ-H3@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTimHxUs%2BYgQy9E7yETp_so0y2_D97GZUiuT9TiyN@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> wr= ote: > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 10:37 PM, Modulok <modulok@gmail.com> wrote: > >> List, >> >> "The Book of PF: A No-Nonsense Guide to the OpenBSD Firewall" >> >> This book comes in two editions. The first was published in December >> 2007, the second, November, 2010. Does anyone have this? And if so >> would I be correct to get the first edition instead? I know FreeBSD's >> pf lags being openBSD's, so I'm not sure which version of the book to >> get, if either are applicable to the version of pf that FreeBSD runs? >> (FreeBSD 8.1) >> > > I don't follow OpenBSD, but my understanding is there has been significan= t > change between FreeBSD's version of PF and the current version in OpenBSD= . > According to the freebsd-pf@ list(which is maybe a better place for your > question) PF version 4.5 is scheduled to appear in FreeBSD 9 so we'll sti= ll > be well behind. =A0I would guess the previous version of the book has syn= tax > and examples closer to what you'll be using if FreeBSD is your host altho= ugh > 2nd editions often have a lot of useful additions and corrections. > No. The second edition also includes the syntax for FreeBSD 8.x.(It also includes the old sytnax for OpenBSD as well as the new syntax) --=20 chs,
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