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Date:      Fri, 14 Jan 2005 11:17:05 +0200
From:      Vladimir Terziev <vladimir.terziev@sun-fish.com>
To:        altares@e-card.bg
Cc:        jeremie@le-hen.org
Subject:   Re: Listening outside ipfw / program interface to ipfw
Message-ID:  <20050114111705.38c8f955.vlady@sun-fish.com>
In-Reply-To: <41E78BCA.2080903@e-card.bg>
References:  <41E6D3EE.5090205@cloudview.com> <20050113221947.GC46977@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org> <41E78BCA.2080903@e-card.bg>

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	I have an old FreeBSD 4.3 and the man page of ipfirewall(4) describes the C api for manipulation of IP filtering rules. I'm not sure the C api interface in 4.10 is still the same as in 4.3, but i suggest you to try. Just find the man page from somewhere.

		Vladimir

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 11:07:22 +0200
Rumen Telbizov <altares@e-card.bg> wrote:

> 
> Hi
> 
> Jeremie Le Hen wrote:
> >>2) Is there an api to ipfw that will let me manipulate rules, query 
> >>stats etc?  I need something faster than running the command line binary?
> > 
> > 
> > Yes, you should look at the ``SEE ALSO'' section in ipfw(8) manual page.
> > ipfirewall(4) is what you are looking for, but looking at ipfw(8)
> > source code might help too.
> 
> On what version of FreeBSD are you looking the
> ipfirewall(4) man page?
> 
> Recently I needed the C api to ipfw, but it
> turns out that ipfirewall(4) man page no longer
> describes it. This is on 5.3-STABLE and 4.10-STABLE.
> I also searched in google and I think I had found
> a post saying that currently the only way to manipulate/use
> firewall rules is via ifpw(8) command.
> 
> If someone can provide me a reference to the C api
> of ipfw I will be thankfull.
> 
> Rumen Telbizov
> 
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