Re[2]: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

From: wishmaster <artemrts_at_ukr.net>
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 20:30:22 +0300

('binary' encoding is not supported, stored as-is) --- Original message --- From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer_at_freebsd.org> Date: 14 April 2013, 19:06:59 > On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 09:48:33AM -0600, Warren Block wrote: > > Is it possible to move ipfilter into a port? > > That may work short term, but the ENOMAINTAINER problem will quickly creep > up again as kernel APIs change. If the author has lost interest in > maintaining the FreeBSD port of ipfilter then unless someone steps forward > to carry on the work, I don't see much of a future for ipfilter in > FreeBSD > > Do we honestly need three packet filters? Yes! This is the most clever thought in this thread. Why we need 3 firewalls? Two packet filters it's excess too. We have two packet filters: one with excellent syntax and functionality but with outdated bandwidth control mechanism (aka ALTQ); another - with nice traffic shaper/prioritization (dummynet)/classification (diffused) but with complicated implementation in not trivial tasks. May be the next step will be discussion about one packet filter in the system?.. Cheers, Received on Sun Apr 14 2013 - 15:53:43 UTC