Time to upgrade the pf port in FreeBSD ?

[Xin LI]

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On 2010/07/27 18:23, Kristian Kræmmer Nielsen wrote:
>  Hey,
> 
> As of time being, we still include pf as of OpenBSD 4.1 (released May
> 2007).
> 
> Recently syntax has changed a lot in the releases of pf in OpenBSD 4.7,
> just notice that "nat-to" and "rtr-to" are now part of the
> pass-commands. This means also means that refereeing to the OpenBSD FAQ
> from the FreeBSD manual is close to useless. I have not be able to find
> a online copy of the FAQ for PF from OpenBSD 4.1, so simply changing the
> documentation link is not an easy option.
> 
> The later version of pf is easier to use.
> 
> So I was wondering, how many is actually using pf and is it time to get
> together and update the current port of pf included in FreeBSD to a more
> recent version?, e.x. the version from OpenBSD 4.7?
> 
> Has anyone considered this? / is anyone interested in doing this?

IIRC someone have work in progress in a svn branch but I'm not sure if
it's HEAD-ready or not...

Cheers,
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Xin LI <delphij at delphij.net>	http://www.delphij.net/
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