> Ivan Wang wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Sorry if this is kind of old question..
> >
> > I've been using /etc/ipf/ipf.conf to configure
> ipfilter until recently I checked ipfilter svc method
> out of curiosity, I saw there is a new way using smf
> firewall_config property group to automate ipf
> ruleset generation.
> >
> > Is this to be the preferred way to configure
> ipfilter? I don't find a way to selective admit ICMP
> packet with the new facility though..
> >
> > Thanks
> > Ivan.
> >   
> What exactly are you trying to achieve?

very normal filtering, that's why I think the smf approach fits the purpose 
(for the most part) 
With firewall_config_default/policy set to "allow" at ipfilter:default and set 
apply_to of specific service to selected hosts (or host:any for general 
available service like ssh)

However I didn't find the hook to apply ICMP filtering this way. The smf 
approach requires a endpoint at transport layer, either udp or tcp port. there 
isn't a way to block things like ICMP redirect or ICMP router advertisement. 

Another thing I am curious about is no matter how I tried, svcadm enable 
ipfilter always set ipfilter:default instance's policy to "custom", after a bit 
of tracing, it looks like config_get_version() from ipfilter svc method somehow 
succeeds but its result does not match CURRENT_VERSION from ipf_include.sh

Another thing I saw is dns/multicast  (mDNS) service does not have 
firewall_config property group defined. I am running from an image-updated b134.

So at the end, I gave up the ipf.conf -> smf conversion and wonders which the 
preferred way in the future to configure ipf..

Ivan.



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