Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

Thank you to those that have expressed interest in maintaining IP Filter..

My thoughts are, could we consider putting a option in the kernel config,
and leaving it off by default for GENERIC?
I think this is a acceptable compromise, considering some people wish for
it to be removed.

Sam Fourman Jr.


On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert_at_komquats.com>wrote:

> In message <18DF99B0-6E66-4906-A233-7778451B8A92_at_felyko.com>, Rui Paulo
> writes:
> > 2013/04/15 9:55、Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert_at_komquats.com> のメッセージ:
> >
> > > I've been planning on taking on IP Filter for quite some time.
> > > Unfortunately I've left my src commit bit lapse (my ports commit bit is
> > > alive and well though) thus I'm looking for a mentor. In addition I'm
> > > working on an ACER WMI/ACPI kld. One mentor would be preferred but two
> > > would be fine too.
> >
> > What are your plans regarding ipfilter? I remain unconvinced that it
> should b
> > e in the base system. Perhaps you can work on it as a port?
>
> The initial plan was to import IP Filter 5.1.2 into HEAD. darrenr_at_ hadn't
> done much with IPF while employed with Sun. Since then there has been some
> development that is long overdue for HEAD.
>
> I'm not sure if I'd MFC it into 9 or not.
>
> I did consider a port but given it would has to touch bits and pieces of
> the source tree (/usr/src), a port would be messy and the decision was made
> to work on importing it into base.
>
> >
> > Why do you want to work on something that people have been trying to
> remove s
> > ince 2005?
>
> I and others have been using it in FreeBSD for over decade. For the longest
> of time we'd use a common set of rules across a FreeBSD and Solaris farm
> (using ipfmeta, makefiles, rsync, rdist, and a local CVS repo).
> Interoperability with other systems which use IP Filter is a plus. If
> there's a maintainer, it only makes FreeBSD richer. Losing IP Filter would
> be a loss.
>
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert_at_komquats.com>
> FreeBSD UNIX:  <cy_at_FreeBSD.org>   Web:  http://www.FreeBSD.org
>
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Sam Fourman Jr.