Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-19 Thread David Demelier
2013/4/14 Gary Palmer gpal...@freebsd.org: On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 09:48:33AM -0600, Warren Block wrote: Is it possible to move ipfilter into a port? That may work short term, but the ENOMAINTAINER problem will quickly creep up again as kernel APIs change. If the author has lost interest in

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-19 Thread Aleksandr A Babaylov
On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 11:45:57AM +0200, David Demelier wrote: 2013/4/14 Gary Palmer gpal...@freebsd.org: Do we honestly need three packet filters? No, for me only one should be present. I completely understand that some users still use IPFilter and IPFW but why providing three packet

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-19 Thread Chris Rees
On 19 Apr 2013 10:46, David Demelier demelier.da...@gmail.com wrote: 2013/4/14 Gary Palmer gpal...@freebsd.org: On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 09:48:33AM -0600, Warren Block wrote: Is it possible to move ipfilter into a port? That may work short term, but the ENOMAINTAINER problem will quickly

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-18 Thread Ed Maste
On 15 April 2013 16:12, Cy Schubert cy.schub...@komquats.com wrote: The existing license isn't that BSD-friendly either, which is why it lives in contrib/. I think the 5.1.X GPLv2 is about the same friendliness as Darren's IPF 4.1.X license. As long as it's not in GENERIC should be fine. A

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-18 Thread Cy Schubert
In message CAPyFy2BaoF-7t-skTUPt97hkRgdjO-KbB2-vhjOus-nutNO5Fw@mail.gmail.c om , Ed Maste writes: On 15 April 2013 16:12, Cy Schubert cy.schub...@komquats.com wrote: The existing license isn't that BSD-friendly either, which is why it lives in contrib/. I think the 5.1.X GPLv2 is about the

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-16 Thread Andre Oppermann
On 15.04.2013 19:48, Cy Schubert wrote: I did consider a port but given it would has to touch bits and pieces of the source tree (/usr/src), a port would be messy and the decision was made to work on importing it into base. Actually it shouldn't touch many if any pieces of src/sys. Everything

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-16 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:15:49 -0700, Cy Schubert cy.schub...@komquats.com wrote: It was pointed out to me that Darren Reed has changed licenses from his IP Filter license that's been in IPF since 2005 or so, when he joined Sun, to GPLv2 (probably when Darren left when Oracle took over Sun).

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-15 Thread Slawa Olhovchenkov
On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 11:33:30PM -0700, Rui Paulo wrote: It's not very difficult to switch an ipf.conf/ipnat.conf to a pf.conf, but I'm not sure automated tools exist. I'm also not convinced we need to write them and I think the issue can be deal with by writing a bunch of examples on how

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-15 Thread Lars Engels
On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 07:55:21PM +0100, Joe Holden wrote: wishmaster wrote: --- Original message --- From: Gary Palmer gpal...@freebsd.org Date: 14 April 2013, 19:06:59 On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 09:48:33AM -0600, Warren Block wrote: Is it possible to move ipfilter into a port?

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-15 Thread Lev Serebryakov
Hello, Mark. You wrote 15 апреля 2013 г., 2:25:07: Yes! This is the most clever thought in this thread. Why we need 3 firewalls? Two packet filters it's excess too. We have two packet filters: one with excellent syntax and functionality but with outdated bandwidth control mechanism (aka

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-15 Thread Kimmo Paasiala
On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Lev Serebryakov l...@freebsd.org wrote: Hello, Mark. You wrote 15 апреля 2013 г., 2:25:07: Yes! This is the most clever thought in this thread. Why we need 3 firewalls? Two packet filters it's excess too. We have two packet filters: one with excellent syntax

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-15 Thread Lev Serebryakov
Hello, Kimmo. You wrote 15 апреля 2013 г., 14:26:40: MM ... and as far as I can tell none of them is currently usable MM on an IPv6-only FreeBSD (like protecting a host with sshguard), MM none of them supports stateful NAT64, nor IPv6 prefix translation :( IPv6 prefix translation?! AGAIN!?

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-15 Thread Kimmo Paasiala
On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 1:32 PM, Lev Serebryakov l...@freebsd.org wrote: Hello, Kimmo. You wrote 15 апреля 2013 г., 14:26:40: MM ... and as far as I can tell none of them is currently usable MM on an IPv6-only FreeBSD (like protecting a host with sshguard), MM none of them supports stateful

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-15 Thread Slawa Olhovchenkov
On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 02:15:36PM +0400, Lev Serebryakov wrote: Yes! This is the most clever thought in this thread. Why we need 3 firewalls? Two packet filters it's excess too. We have two packet filters: one with excellent syntax and functionality but with outdated bandwidth control

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-15 Thread Kimmo Paasiala
On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Slawa Olhovchenkov s...@zxy.spb.ru wrote: On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 02:15:36PM +0400, Lev Serebryakov wrote: Yes! This is the most clever thought in this thread. Why we need 3 firewalls? Two packet filters it's excess too. We have two packet filters: one with

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-15 Thread Lev Serebryakov
Hello, Kimmo. You wrote 15 апреля 2013 г., 14:36:27: And, yes, NAT64 will be useful for sure, but it is another story, not IPv6-IPv6 translation. KP You're forgetting set ups where outgoing traffic is controlled by KP filter rules, outgoing passive mode ftp needs help from the proxy to KP open

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-15 Thread Kimmo Paasiala
On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Lev Serebryakov l...@freebsd.org wrote: Hello, Kimmo. You wrote 15 апреля 2013 г., 14:36:27: And, yes, NAT64 will be useful for sure, but it is another story, not IPv6-IPv6 translation. KP You're forgetting set ups where outgoing traffic is controlled by KP

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-15 Thread Lev Serebryakov
Hello, Kimmo. You wrote 15 апреля 2013 г., 14:47:24: KP I'm however talking about an ftp client behind a very restrictive KP firewall making an IPv6 connection an ftp server that uses passive KP mode data ports that can't be known in advance. Same solution -- inspection of connections to 21

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-15 Thread Kimmo Paasiala
On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Lev Serebryakov l...@freebsd.org wrote: Hello, Kimmo. You wrote 15 апреля 2013 г., 14:47:24: KP I'm however talking about an ftp client behind a very restrictive KP firewall making an IPv6 connection an ftp server that uses passive KP mode data ports that

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-15 Thread Slawa Olhovchenkov
On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 02:50:23PM +0400, Lev Serebryakov wrote: KP I'm however talking about an ftp client behind a very restrictive KP firewall making an IPv6 connection an ftp server that uses passive KP mode data ports that can't be known in advance. Same solution -- inspection of

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-15 Thread sthaug
MM ... and as far as I can tell none of them is currently usable MM on an IPv6-only FreeBSD (like protecting a host with sshguard), MM none of them supports stateful NAT64, nor IPv6 prefix translation :( IPv6 prefix translation?! AGAIN!? FML. I've thought, that IPv6 will render all that

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-15 Thread Daniel Kalchev
On 14.04.13 21:55, Joe Holden wrote: For non-nat ipfw is still superior in every way, numbered rules (think: scripts), dummynet, much faster than pf, syntax is a lot nicer and predictable... And, best of all, it still is buggy. At lest, it's tables handling is unusable. I have been very

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-15 Thread Kimmo Paasiala
On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Kimmo Paasiala kpaas...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Lev Serebryakov l...@freebsd.org wrote: Hello, Kimmo. You wrote 15 апреля 2013 г., 14:47:24: KP I'm however talking about an ftp client behind a very restrictive KP firewall making an

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-15 Thread Mark Martinec
On Monday April 15 2013 12:32:37 Lev Serebryakov wrote: And, yes, NAT64 will be useful for sure, but it is another story, not IPv6-IPv6 translation. Fear not, NPT66 prefix translation is stateless, this is nothing like NAT44 / NAPT. On Monday April 15 2013 12:51:00 sth...@nethelp.no wrote: We

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-15 Thread Olivier Cochard-Labbé
I have been very stubborn IPFW user for very long time, but finally gave up in favor of PF. Nothing like that ever since. I am also not convinced IPFW is any faster than PF. Hi Daniel, I know that measuring PPS for a firewall is not enought for comparing firewall performance (rfc3511 details

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-15 Thread Cy Schubert
In message alpine.bsf.2.00.1304140946440.10...@wonkity.com, Warren Block writ es: On Sun, 14 Apr 2013, Chris Rees wrote: On 14 April 2013 01:41, Rui Paulo rpa...@felyko.com wrote: 2013/04/13 16:01?Scott Long scott4l...@yahoo.com ??: Maybe something else, but whatever it is, it

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-15 Thread cpet
Ok, seems someone has taken the job. In message alpine.bsf.2.00.1304140946440.10...@wonkity.com, Warren Block writ es: On Sun, 14 Apr 2013, Chris Rees wrote: On 14 April 2013 01:41, Rui Paulo rpa...@felyko.com wrote: 2013/04/13 16:01?Scott Long scott4l...@yahoo.com ??: Maybe

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-15 Thread cpet
However it would of been better if said person asked me as I already offered to take it on but whatever. In message alpine.bsf.2.00.1304140946440.10...@wonkity.com, Warren Block writ es: On Sun, 14 Apr 2013, Chris Rees wrote: On 14 April 2013 01:41, Rui Paulo rpa...@felyko.com wrote:

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-15 Thread Cy Schubert
I've been planning on taking on IP Filter for quite some time. Unfortunately I've left my src commit bit lapse (my ports commit bit is alive and well though) thus I'm looking for a mentor. In addition I'm working on an ACER WMI/ACPI kld. One mentor would be preferred but two would be fine too.

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-15 Thread Adrian Chadd
ACER WMI/ACPI? Sure, i'll mentor you if you're going to do _that_. Adrian On 15 April 2013 09:55, Cy Schubert cy.schub...@komquats.com wrote: I've been planning on taking on IP Filter for quite some time. Unfortunately I've left my src commit bit lapse (my ports commit bit is alive and well

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-15 Thread Rui Paulo
2013/04/15 9:55、Cy Schubert cy.schub...@komquats.com のメッセージ: I've been planning on taking on IP Filter for quite some time. Unfortunately I've left my src commit bit lapse (my ports commit bit is alive and well though) thus I'm looking for a mentor. In addition I'm working on an ACER

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-15 Thread Cy Schubert
In message 18df99b0-6e66-4906-a233-7778451b8...@felyko.com, Rui Paulo writes: 2013/04/15 9:55$B!(BCy Schubert cy.schub...@komquats.com $B$N%a%C%;!%8(B: I've been planning on taking on IP Filter for quite some time. Unfortunately I've left my src commit bit lapse (my ports commit bit

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-15 Thread Sam Fourman Jr.
Thank you to those that have expressed interest in maintaining IP Filter.. My thoughts are, could we consider putting a option in the kernel config, and leaving it off by default for GENERIC? I think this is a acceptable compromise, considering some people wish for it to be removed. Sam Fourman

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-15 Thread Sam Fourman Jr.
To my knowledge it is already off by default and you need these options to enable it options IPFILTER options IPFILTER_LOG so to those that wish to have it removed from base, if it has a maintainer whats the trouble? On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Sam Fourman Jr. sfour...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-15 Thread Cy Schubert
In message a2450361-d9e9-498f-ad44-846563ef0...@yahoo.com, Scott Long writes: On Apr 15, 2013, at 11:48 AM, Cy Schubert cy.schub...@komquats.com wrote: In message 18df99b0-6e66-4906-a233-7778451b8...@felyko.com, Rui Paulo writes: 2013/04/15 9:55$B!(BCy Schubert

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-15 Thread Jung-uk Kim
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-04-15 15:27:55 -0400, Cy Schubert wrote: In message a2450361-d9e9-498f-ad44-846563ef0...@yahoo.com, Scott Long writes: On Apr 15, 2013, at 11:48 AM, Cy Schubert cy.schub...@komquats.com wrote: In message

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-15 Thread Gleb Smirnoff
Cy, good news that you volunteered to work on this! On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 10:48:43AM -0700, Cy Schubert wrote: C The initial plan was to import IP Filter 5.1.2 into HEAD. darrenr@ hadn't C done much with IPF while employed with Sun. Since then there has been some C development that is

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-15 Thread Cy Schubert
In message 20130415195544.gy76...@freebsd.org, Gleb Smirnoff writes: Cy, good news that you volunteered to work on this! On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 10:48:43AM -0700, Cy Schubert wrote: C The initial plan was to import IP Filter 5.1.2 into HEAD. darrenr@ hadn't C done much with IPF while

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-15 Thread Scott Long
The desire to remove it stems from the inability to give it adequate engineering service as the network stack evolves. Simply taking it out of a kernel config file doesn't address that problem at all. If it's going to stay in FreeBSD at all, it needs to be maintained. This could be set

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-15 Thread Scott Long
On Apr 15, 2013, at 11:48 AM, Cy Schubert cy.schub...@komquats.com wrote: In message 18df99b0-6e66-4906-a233-7778451b8...@felyko.com, Rui Paulo writes: 2013/04/15 9:55$B!(BCy Schubert cy.schub...@komquats.com $B$N%a%C%;!%8(B: I've been planning on taking on IP Filter for quite some

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-15 Thread Cy Schubert
It was pointed out to me that Darren Reed has changed licenses from his IP Filter license that's been in IPF since 2005 or so, when he joined Sun, to GPLv2 (probably when Darren left when Oracle took over Sun). Given that IPF already lives in src/contrib and src/sys/contrib due to the 2005

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-15 Thread Scott Long
On Apr 15, 2013, at 1:27 PM, Cy Schubert cy.schub...@komquats.com wrote: In message a2450361-d9e9-498f-ad44-846563ef0...@yahoo.com, Scott Long writes: On Apr 15, 2013, at 11:48 AM, Cy Schubert cy.schub...@komquats.com wrote: In message 18df99b0-6e66-4906-a233-7778451b8...@felyko.com,

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-15 Thread Cy Schubert
In message 516c58ed.40...@freebsd.org, Jung-uk Kim writes: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-04-15 15:27:55 -0400, Cy Schubert wrote: In message a2450361-d9e9-498f-ad44-846563ef0...@yahoo.com, Scott Long writes: On Apr 15, 2013, at 11:48 AM, Cy Schubert

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-15 Thread Gleb Smirnoff
On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 04:47:33PM -, c...@sdf.org wrote: c However it would of been better if said person asked me as I already c offered to take it on but whatever. More manpower - the better. Why can't you work together? -- Totus tuus, Glebius.

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-15 Thread Gleb Smirnoff
On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 01:32:48PM -0600, Scott Long wrote: S Given that IPF already lives in src/contrib and src/sys/contrib, would the S change in License from Darren Reed's own not so BSD friendly IPF license to S GPLv2 be of concern. I recall there was a lot of concern over IPF's

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-15 Thread Cy Schubert
In message 20130415212826.ga76...@freebsd.org, Gleb Smirnoff writes: On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 04:47:33PM -, c...@sdf.org wrote: c However it would of been better if said person asked me as I already c offered to take it on but whatever. Sorry, I didn't see your posting. I had a permissions

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-14 Thread Chris Rees
On 14 April 2013 01:41, Rui Paulo rpa...@felyko.com wrote: 2013/04/13 16:01、Scott Long scott4l...@yahoo.com のメッセージ: Maybe something else, but whatever it is, it should be done. If you and Gleb don't want to do this, I will. I already started writing a guide. See here for a very incomplete

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-14 Thread Miroslav Lachman
Rui Paulo wrote: 2013/04/13 16:01、Scott Longscott4l...@yahoo.com のメッセージ: Maybe something else, but whatever it is, it should be done. If you and Gleb don't want to do this, I will. I already started writing a guide. See here for a very incomplete version:

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-14 Thread Joe
Rui Paulo wrote: On 2013/04/12, at 22:31, Scott Long sco...@samsco.org wrote: On Apr 12, 2013, at 7:43 PM, Rui Paulo rpa...@freebsd.org wrote: On 2013/04/11, at 13:18, Gleb Smirnoff gleb...@freebsd.org wrote: Lack of maintainer in a near future would lead to bitrot due to changes in other

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-14 Thread Scott Long
On Apr 14, 2013, at 7:20 AM, Joe fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: Rui Paulo wrote: On 2013/04/12, at 22:31, Scott Long sco...@samsco.org wrote: On Apr 12, 2013, at 7:43 PM, Rui Paulo rpa...@freebsd.org wrote: On 2013/04/11, at 13:18, Gleb Smirnoff gleb...@freebsd.org wrote: Lack of

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-14 Thread Odhiambo Washington
I do not stand in any good stead to comment on this, but I have used IPFilter more extensively than PF when it comes to FreeBSD and packet manipulations. As a user, what I can say is this: 1. The only firewall that seems 'native' to FreeBSD is ipfw and I believe it works very well for some users

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-14 Thread Warren Block
On Sun, 14 Apr 2013, Chris Rees wrote: On 14 April 2013 01:41, Rui Paulo rpa...@felyko.com wrote: 2013/04/13 16:01?Scott Long scott4l...@yahoo.com ??: Maybe something else, but whatever it is, it should be done. If you and Gleb don't want to do this, I will. I already started writing

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-14 Thread Odhiambo Washington
It's NOT possible, because someone has to handle the kernel hooks, which is the contention. Mark as deprecated, remove the HandBook section, but only for 10.x On 14 April 2013 18:48, Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote: On Sun, 14 Apr 2013, Chris Rees wrote: On 14 April 2013 01:41, Rui

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-14 Thread Chris Rees
On 14 April 2013 16:48, Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote: On Sun, 14 Apr 2013, Chris Rees wrote: On 14 April 2013 01:41, Rui Paulo rpa...@felyko.com wrote: 2013/04/13 16:01?Scott Long scott4l...@yahoo.com ??: Maybe something else, but whatever it is, it should be done. If you and

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-14 Thread Gary Palmer
On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 09:48:33AM -0600, Warren Block wrote: Is it possible to move ipfilter into a port? That may work short term, but the ENOMAINTAINER problem will quickly creep up again as kernel APIs change. If the author has lost interest in maintaining the FreeBSD port of ipfilter then

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-14 Thread cpet
Hi, I will see what I can do when I come back from work. PF is based on ipfilter so having 3 is indeed a bit much. Chris On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 09:48:33AM -0600, Warren Block wrote: Is it possible to move ipfilter into a port? That may work short term, but the ENOMAINTAINER problem will

Re[2]: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-14 Thread wishmaster
--- Original message --- From: Gary Palmer gpal...@freebsd.org Date: 14 April 2013, 19:06:59 On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 09:48:33AM -0600, Warren Block wrote: Is it possible to move ipfilter into a port? That may work short term, but the ENOMAINTAINER problem will quickly creep up again

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-14 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
Odhiambo Washington odhia...@gmail.com writes: 2. PF is being felt to be part of FreeBSD, but it too lags far behind OpenBSD implementation - almost like it's unmaintained. There has been debates about this which were never concluded. Most of you will agree with me on this. FreeBSD's version

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-14 Thread Joe Holden
wishmaster wrote: --- Original message --- From: Gary Palmer gpal...@freebsd.org Date: 14 April 2013, 19:06:59 On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 09:48:33AM -0600, Warren Block wrote: Is it possible to move ipfilter into a port? That may work short term, but the ENOMAINTAINER problem will quickly

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-14 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
A migration *guide*, yes. Tools to convert one syntax to another: no. ok, so what is the brief migraiton advice? The Handbook mentions PF and IPFW. I gather from your mails that PF is the recommended choice. Is that so? If I choose PF, can I just follow the Handbook PF section, and once

Re: Re[2]: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-14 Thread Sam Fourman Jr.
I agree with this, we dont need 3 packet filters, it seems like we should focus the people interested in working on packet filters,toward the packet filter most actively maintained, the fact that there is 3 in base is overkill, Just depreciate it and be done with it a new email, asking for

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-14 Thread Rui Paulo
On 2013/04/14, at 12:11, Anton Shterenlikht me...@bris.ac.uk wrote: A migration *guide*, yes. Tools to convert one syntax to another: no. ok, so what is the brief migraiton advice? It's still being written. The Handbook mentions PF and IPFW. I gather from your mails that PF is the

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-14 Thread Mark Martinec
On Sunday April 14 2013 19:30:22 wishmaster wrote: Do we honestly need three packet filters? Yes! This is the most clever thought in this thread. Why we need 3 firewalls? Two packet filters it's excess too. We have two packet filters: one with excellent syntax and functionality but with

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-14 Thread Jim Thompson
On Apr 14, 2013, at 5:25 PM, Mark Martinec mark.martinec+free...@ijs.si wrote: ... and as far as I can tell none of them is currently usable on an IPv6-only FreeBSD (like protecting a host with sshguard), none of them supports stateful NAT64, nor IPv6 prefix translation :( pfSense 2.1 has a

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-13 Thread John Hixson
On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 11:31:09PM -0600, Scott Long wrote: On Apr 12, 2013, at 7:43 PM, Rui Paulo rpa...@freebsd.org wrote: On 2013/04/11, at 13:18, Gleb Smirnoff gleb...@freebsd.org wrote: Lack of maintainer in a near future would lead to bitrot due to changes in other areas of

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-13 Thread Rui Paulo
On 2013/04/12, at 22:31, Scott Long sco...@samsco.org wrote: On Apr 12, 2013, at 7:43 PM, Rui Paulo rpa...@freebsd.org wrote: On 2013/04/11, at 13:18, Gleb Smirnoff gleb...@freebsd.org wrote: Lack of maintainer in a near future would lead to bitrot due to changes in other areas of network

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-13 Thread Scott Long
On Apr 13, 2013, at 12:33 AM, Rui Paulo rpa...@freebsd.org wrote: On 2013/04/12, at 22:31, Scott Long sco...@samsco.org wrote: On Apr 12, 2013, at 7:43 PM, Rui Paulo rpa...@freebsd.org wrote: On 2013/04/11, at 13:18, Gleb Smirnoff gleb...@freebsd.org wrote: Lack of maintainer in a near

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-13 Thread Kimmo Paasiala
On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Scott Long sco...@samsco.org wrote: On Apr 13, 2013, at 12:33 AM, Rui Paulo rpa...@freebsd.org wrote: On 2013/04/12, at 22:31, Scott Long sco...@samsco.org wrote: On Apr 12, 2013, at 7:43 PM, Rui Paulo rpa...@freebsd.org wrote: On 2013/04/11, at 13:18, Gleb

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-13 Thread Gleb Smirnoff
Scott, On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 11:31:09PM -0600, Scott Long wrote: S One thing that FreeBSD is bad about (and this really applies to many open source projects) when deprecating something is that the developer and release engineering groups rarely provide adequate, if any, tools to help users

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-13 Thread Rui Paulo
On 2013/04/13, at 5:03, Scott Long sco...@samsco.org wrote: You target audience for this isn't people who track CURRENT, it's people who are on 7, 8, or 9 and looking to update to 10.x sometime in the future. Yes, I'm aware of that, but the problem remains. If ipfilter is broken or gets

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-13 Thread Scott Long
On Apr 13, 2013, at 11:43 AM, Rui Paulo rpa...@freebsd.org wrote: On 2013/04/13, at 5:03, Scott Long sco...@samsco.org wrote: You target audience for this isn't people who track CURRENT, it's people who are on 7, 8, or 9 and looking to update to 10.x sometime in the future. Yes, I'm

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-13 Thread Rui Paulo
2013/04/13 16:01、Scott Long scott4l...@yahoo.com のメッセージ: Maybe something else, but whatever it is, it should be done. If you and Gleb don't want to do this, I will. I already started writing a guide. See here for a very incomplete version:

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-12 Thread Rui Paulo
On 2013/04/11, at 13:18, Gleb Smirnoff gleb...@freebsd.org wrote: Lack of maintainer in a near future would lead to bitrot due to changes in other areas of network stack, kernel APIs, etc. This already happens, many changes during 10.0-CURRENT cycle were only compile tested wrt ipfilter. If

Re: ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-12 Thread Scott Long
On Apr 12, 2013, at 7:43 PM, Rui Paulo rpa...@freebsd.org wrote: On 2013/04/11, at 13:18, Gleb Smirnoff gleb...@freebsd.org wrote: Lack of maintainer in a near future would lead to bitrot due to changes in other areas of network stack, kernel APIs, etc. This already happens, many changes

ipfilter(4) needs maintainer

2013-04-11 Thread Gleb Smirnoff
Hello, here is brief status on ipfilter(4) packet filtering facility, written by Darren Reed, that is shipped with FreeBSD kernel. o The version of the software is v4.1.28. The license is BSD, .. erm the license is very close to BSD, but with some additions, most notable is: The