How to tell if IPF is running?

[Gable Barber]

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> Yes, incorrectly, if you have any rules with the log key word, then you
> can se if you get any entries in your log files. I would have default
> rules first in my rule set:
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>    block log in all
>    block log out all
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> And then pass what I positively know is good.
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> Cheers, Erik
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It seems mostly my misunderstanding of ipf being a kernel module and not
showing up with ps aux.There are log entries, ipfstat shows contuning stats,
and ipmon shows what is being filtered/passed, etc.

Thanks everyone for your quick, concise responses.

Gable