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anfpunk · Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 12:38 am Post subject: PF

Is there a port available for Linux or projects in the making? I've been able to find them for FreeBSD and NetBSD but I thought I heard about someone trying to do it for Linux.

ozonator · Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 1:29 am Post subject:

pf is pretty tightly tied to the kernel, so I really doubt it. Unlike NetBSD and FreeBSD, Linux has a very different kernel from OpenBSD. We get to be happy with netfilter/iptables instead.

Other likely impediment: license. Linux uses GPL, pf uses BSD.

anfpunk · Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 1:51 am Post subject:

Bah, I forgot all about the licenses. I have an iptables script (www.anfpunk.net/stuff/firewall), I want to port over my rules so I can switch my firewall over to PF since it has much nicer traffic shaping. However, my laptop (Toshiba 5205-S503) hard locks on the install cd with both OpenBSD and FreeBSD. I want to get the rules written before I switch my Debian firewall over.