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Date:      Thu, 5 Nov 2015 22:58:51 +0100
From:      Kristof Provost <kp@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Tom Uffner <tom@uffner.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD-Current <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: r289932 causes pf reversion - breaks rules with broadcast destination
Message-ID:  <A12C5B03-DA5F-47BD-A459-7B81A15F1F16@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <563B944A.50905@uffner.com>
References:  <563AB177.6030809@uffner.com> <563B944A.50905@uffner.com>

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> On 05 Nov 2015, at 18:39, Tom Uffner <tom@uffner.com> wrote:
>=20
> Tom Uffner wrote:
>> Commit r289932 causes pf rules with broadcast destinations (and some =
but not
>> all rules after them in pf.conf) to be silently ignored. This is bad.
>=20
>> I do not understand the pf code well enough to see why this change =
caused
>> the breakage, but I suspect that it might expose some deeper problem =
and
>> should not simply be reverted.
>=20
> OK, so here is why I don't want to simply back this out and have a =
"working"
> firewall again:
>=20
> Apparently PF_ANEQ was prone to false positives when comparing IPv4 =
addrs.
> This is what r289932 and r289940 fixed. For IPv4 it does not matter =
where
> in bits 32-127 the address mismatch occurs or what order the garbage =
data
> is tested. That is all the paren fix in r289940 changes. It might be =
relevant
> for v6, but doesn't matter here.
>=20
Yes, that=E2=80=99s right.=20

I haven=E2=80=99t yet had the time to look at your problem in any depth.
I=E2=80=99m currently working on a different pf issue, but this one is =
also high on my=20
priority list. Hopefully I=E2=80=99ll get round to it in the next few =
days, but please do prod me=20
if you hear nothing.

Regards,
Kristof




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