Possible Setup

2004-06-28 Thread cloper
list, I have been watching posts go back and forth regarding Layer7 filtering with PF. What are the plans for this (if any). I was thinking about it, how difficult would it be to add in a setup similiar to the OSPF that currently exists. ie: a file of fingerprints (possibly converted from snort

pfctl ruleset optimizer. testers needed

2004-06-28 Thread Mike Frantzen
I need testers and guinea pigs for an automatic ruleset optimizer. The optimizer does superblock construction and optimization therein without changing the meaning of the ruleset. The specific optimizations with 'pfctl -o -f ' are: 1) remove duplicate rules 2) remove rules that are a sub

Re: Possible Setup

2004-06-28 Thread Daniel Hartmeier
On Mon, Jun 28, 2004 at 03:16:15PM -0700, cloper wrote: > drop in log quick on $ext_if layer 7 "edonkey login" > drop in log quick on $ext_if layer 7 "aim send message" While for applications TCP is a byte stream protocol, packet filters (as the name implies) operate on a lower level. They do not

Re: Possible Setup

2004-06-28 Thread cloper
Daniel, I agree, I have no idea how the internals of PF work, and what it is capable of, which is why I emailed the list :) Would it be possible or feasible to write a daemon that does perform logic and state tracking w/ regex, that could possibly speak to the PF internals to add rules dynamical