From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 18 12:45:30 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 2012810656A7 for ; Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:45:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from christer.solskogen@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pv0-f182.google.com (mail-pv0-f182.google.com [74.125.83.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E44CA8FC19 for ; Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:45:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pvc22 with SMTP id 22so1142281pvc.13 for ; Tue, 18 Jan 2011 04:45:29 -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:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=GrHObUU73NWc/0zryZu2LtGV8+6ciiFwc8yPv7bijlY=; b=gAKSf67AT55NUK9+Cev+y6GKHsjOhHom/gO1c5Gz9DQZMCy1ZGEVblZ54NVI0JbqUG JwzAUHg/+IUmCmRPTtDK17yEXtokBP2qAOzfhWqobwl9sutSgVDUFTaHSUrY7qZAWIqp pe6pfGnUarejfXsXsho0k4O4PC8Aig1evkbKM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=RJPVE+I1fnZqdCF1+xh6/paZD01WXzGgq7346A7ZNVI0u/KRaCntRenW3hXVwB7i3/ KEX39jIm/kR8j6XEnP2sGd+Fwbm2efl2v5iq7as4lGzWnGDZvp6ptAoyVhO8yWQLEyMM XkloIXXehKBlAc+QpCqZbULXzX7RGtUUCUM1E= Received: by 10.142.204.9 with SMTP id b9mr5025738wfg.354.1295354729430; Tue, 18 Jan 2011 04:45:29 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.72.2 with HTTP; Tue, 18 Jan 2011 04:45:09 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: Christer Solskogen Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 13:45:09 +0100 Message-ID: To: Adam Vande More Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: FreeBSD Questions , Modulok 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 12:45:30 -0000 On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Adam Vande More wr= ote: > 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 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,