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The blog says: possibly because essentially no tech journalists ever read OpenBSD developer-focused mailing lists, Oracle's PF plans have not generate
by PhantomGremlin 12y ago
The blog says:
possibly because essentially no tech journalists
ever read OpenBSD developer-focused mailing lists,
Oracle's PF plans have not generated much
attention in the press
But that glosses over the obscurity of the mailing list post. I skim the OpenBSD tech list, and I also overlooked this post. Why? Here's the title:
pfi_kif leaks for PBR rules
That doesn't scream "read me" to casual observers, does it?
As for support for the "reveal" in the title, the mailing list post goes on to say:
also for your info: IPF in Solaris is on its
death row. PF in 11.3 release will be available
as optional firewall. We hope to make PF default
(and only firewall) in Solaris 12. You've made
excellent job, your PF is crystal-clear design.
The IPF packet filter currently in Solaris was originally also in OpenBSD. It was replaced by pf in 2001 after the IPF author started playing games with the copyright.