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Date:      Wed, 04 Feb 2015 13:29:26 +0800
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org>
To:        lev@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-ipfw <freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org>, freebsd-net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>
Cc:        melifaro@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: [RFC][patch] New "keep-state-only" option (version 2)
Message-ID:  <54D1AE36.8090504@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <54D0FD9B.5000108@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <54D0F39B.4070707@FreeBSD.org> <54D0FD9B.5000108@FreeBSD.org>

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On 2/4/15 12:55 AM, Lev Serebryakov wrote:
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> On 03.02.2015 19:13, Lev Serebryakov wrote:
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>> Ok, "allow-state"/"deny-state" was very limited idea. Here is more
>> universal mechanism: new "keep-state-only" (aliased as
>> "record-only") option, which works exactly as "keep-state" BUT
>> cancel match of rule after state creation. It allows to write
>> stateful + nat firewall as easy as:
>   To work as expected, "keep-state-only" should not imply "check-state"
> in opposite to "keep-state".

agreed.. I hate the implied check-state..
man page must be very explicit about this..





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