On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 5:08 PM, Sioux C. Queue <[email protected]> wrote:
> The FAQ at OpenSUSE is a fine document.  On the page
> www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/tables.html I found this "or the self keyword".  On the
> page www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/filter.html I found this "table <firewall> const {
> self }".  And finally, I think, at www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/nat.html there's 
> this
> "The word self will appear if the state is floating".  All of which are nice.
> What exactly is "self"?  The computer has two NICs, which one is "self"?  Is 
> it
> context dependent?  Along that same line, where can I find a list, with a
> definition, of "keywords" for IP Filter?  They're mentioned a lot.
>
> Any and all help would be appreciated.

>From the manual (http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf.conf):

self            Expands to all addresses assigned to all
                             interfaces.

Hope that helps.
-ME

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