Re: Future of pf / firewall in FreeBSD ? - does it have one ?

From: Andreas Nilsson <andrnils_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 10:35:39 +0200
On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 4:40 AM, Darren Pilgrim <
list_freebsd_at_bluerosetech.com> wrote:

> On 7/18/2014 4:06 AM, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
>
>> K> b) We are a major release away from OpenBSD (5.6 coming soon) - is
>> K> following OpenBSD's pf the past? - should it be?
>>
>> Following OpenBSD on features would be cool, but no bulk imports
>> would be made again. Bulk imports produce bad quality of port,
>> and also pf in OpenBSD has no multi thread support.
>>
>
> I would much rather have a slower pf that actually supports modern
> networking than a faster one I can't use due to showstopper flaws and
> missing features.
>

So would I. Not that we use pf, but anyway.

>
> There is currently no viable firewall module for FreeBSD if you want to do
> things like route IPv6.


Isn't that possible with ipfw?

Perhaps the pf guys in OpenBSD could be convinced to start openpf and have
porting layer as in openzfs.

Best regards
Andreas
Received on Sat Jul 19 2014 - 06:35:41 UTC

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