November 20th, 2008

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  • 11.20.08
    pf, OpenBSD’s [p]acket [f]ilter (2) network, security | pfortuny | (1)
    We introduced OpenBSD's pf in a previous post. In the present one, we are going to start commenting a full-featured firewall configuration which uses quite a few of pf's functionalities: macros, lists, anchors... As we said then, OpenBSD's FAQ contains the complete and detailed documentation. Here is the complete set [but for those related to authpf] of firewall rules, usually stored at /etc/pf.conf (bear with me for the long quote, but I'd rather comment a complete file than do it in parts). # 0) Start: macros and tables ext_if="rl0" int_if="vr0" ext_services = "{smtp www 222}" in_services = "{ssh smtp domain www}" always_open ...