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From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 07:58:03PM +0530, Rajkumar S wrote:
> On 8/19/06, Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org> wrote:
> >On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 07:05:49PM +0530, Rajkumar S wrote:
> >> Any points to docs to read about a packet's traversal in FreeBSD ip
> >> stack? (especially wrt pf)
> >>
> >What level of detalization do you need?  Filters, such as pf(4), are
> >embedded into the normal processing using the pfil(9) API.
>=20
> I am a relative newbie learning freebsd. A broad overview with
> pointers to manpages are ideal.  like the the simple pointer to
> pfil(9) you gave along with a small description of where it appears.
>=20
Then you can always start from reading the source code.
It's been written by human beings.  :-)


Cheers,
--=20
Ruslan Ermilov
ru@FreeBSD.org
FreeBSD committer

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