Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 18:28:43 +0000 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Migrating from ipfw and natd to pf Message-ID: <20100209182843.10a8ad90@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <20100209105444.A70035@starfire.mn.org> References: <20100209085907.A62092@starfire.mn.org> <20100209153134.304a10bc@gumby.homeunix.com> <20100209105444.A70035@starfire.mn.org>
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On Tue, 9 Feb 2010 10:54:45 -0600 John <john@starfire.mn.org> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 09, 2010 at 03:31:34PM +0000, RW wrote: > > On Tue, 9 Feb 2010 08:59:07 -0600 > > John <john@starfire.mn.org> wrote: > > > > > Is there a good guide somewhere for migrating from ipfw and natd > > > rules to pf? I had pretty much gotten used to ipfw, and now pf > > > seems very different to use and understand. > > > > http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/index.html Please keep on-topic replies in-list to help people who are searching the list. > OK - I guess it's all in there somewhere! Most of what you need to know is in the Basic Configuration section - it's not much, pf is much easier than ipfw. > I'm confused, though. I > thought "pf" was a part of the regular kernel? But I do not have > a /dev/pf: The kernel module is loaded by the rc.d script if you enable pf in rc.conf, check /etc/defaults/rc.conf for more details. The rc.d script also has a few useful extra options for checking syntax and reloading rules without disrupting connections.
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