From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 18 08:25:55 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75866106566B for ; Tue, 18 Jan 2011 08:25:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A8EC8FC19 for ; Tue, 18 Jan 2011 08:25:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm16 with SMTP id 16so7009644fxm.13 for ; Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:25:54 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=RKsqH6M5QbZzXlPwYtMraCGtHk4KhHuPaFLBARIpPQg=; b=WpPFxD7GQtpAI2yZr7Rw7CqM/pRbn+cMEnbJBPe4wQbkPTs/g2M2CnLu9yXjAFdSzr /RRk+ThsC3O4ybIEzRYbgyZKQztFmR9RCAXgQy56Nd5JgRtZl83wfMZXdxcMm7c/cODz dPvNfNV5jirnUGBk3rJU4/ecJNblwoKr5vAFY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=gxeXeMiLNpHcfYrhp7wtdmMCFQBizhMhtbgS/htAHX/B5TzUPu3Y8imgRneMZPprWE xrUOTgimC5OMJoO/Si6+BPLtyAbEyFI0u5/HJoOsmgLToCY8QvoUfVjbewebzOGyoxlm t8JOC5uFoeNZKfxFFK+snD519yRBn4TTcgzDc= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.97.78 with SMTP id k14mr5829137fan.89.1295339153889; Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:25:53 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.114.4 with HTTP; Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:25:53 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 02:25:53 -0600 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: Modulok Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: The book of pf... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 08:25:55 -0000 On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 10:37 PM, Modulok 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 significant 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 still be well behind. I would guess the previous version of the book has syntax and examples closer to what you'll be using if FreeBSD is your host although 2nd editions often have a lot of useful additions and corrections. -- Adam Vande More