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> And the PF syntax is the most approachable in all of open source Unix. As someone not deeply into the BSDs and who has never tried pf, I would love to see th
by josteink 3y ago
> And the PF syntax is the most approachable in all of open source Unix.
As someone not deeply into the BSDs and who has never tried pf, I would love to see this claim illustrated with a few examples.
Are there any “definitive” or authoritative beginner guides for those merely curious, but without a production system to test on?
- i_am_a_peasant 3y agoI'd go for the handbook in that case: https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/firewalls/#firewalls-pf https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/firewalls/#firewa...
- nesarkvechnep 3y agoGet yourself “The Book of PF” and get to work.
- tedunangst 3y agoFind your favorite topic in https://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/index.html https://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/index.html and compare to how you'd do it in your favorite firewall.
- lacrosse_tannin 3y agoHow do you do endpoint independent nat?
- voytec 3y ago> And the PF syntax is the most approachable in all of open source Unix. I actually find ipfw(8) [0] syntax more human-friendly. [0] https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ipfw&sektion=8&format=html https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ipfw&sektion=8&for...
- stock_toaster 3y agoI wish dragonflyBSD’s ipfw3 would get ported to freeBSD.
- fragmede 3y agoExplore in the direction you want to go: https://chat.openai.com/share/e1e2a207-5fb4-4f12-9f3c-7850ffa7445f https://chat.openai.com/share/e1e2a207-5fb4-4f12-9f3c-7850ff...