This is probably a case of misplaced expectations, but I can't assign the same rules to a group of pf anchors, using something like "foo/*". Rules get attached to the parent anchor.
Minimal working example: /tmp/pf.conf: anchor "foo" { anchor "lan" from 192.168.0.1 anchor "wlan" from 192.168.1.1 } # pfctl -f /tmp/pf.conf # pfctl -a '*' -sr anchor "foo" all { anchor "lan" inet from 192.168.0.1 to any { } anchor "wlan" inet from 192.168.1.1 to any { } } # echo "pass inet proto tcp to port 80" | pfctl -a 'foo/*' -f - # pfctl -a '*' -sr anchor "foo" all { pass inet proto tcp from any to any port = 80 flags S/SA } Of course things work fine if you assign them individually: # pfctl -f /tmp/pf.conf # echo "pass inet proto tcp to port 80" | pfctl -a 'foo/lan' -f - # echo "pass inet proto tcp to port 80" | pfctl -a 'foo/wlan' -f - # pfctl -a '*' -sr anchor "foo" all { anchor "lan" inet from 192.168.0.1 to any { pass inet proto tcp from any to any port = 80 flags S/SA } anchor "wlan" inet from 192.168.1.1 to any { pass inet proto tcp from any to any port = 80 flags S/SA } } Is this the expected behaviour? From reading pf.conf(5) I'd expect the "foo/*" syntax to work in the same manner for getting ("-sr") or setting ("-f -") rules, but maybe I'm getting it wrong. Just wondering if I stepped on a bug. All the best Zé --