The book of pf...

[Adam Vande More]

On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 10:37 PM, Modulok <modulok at gmail.com> wrote:

> List,
>
> "The Book of PF: A No-Nonsense Guide to the OpenBSD Firewall"
>
> This book comes in two editions. The first was published in December
> 2007, the second, November, 2010. Does anyone have this? And if so
> would I be correct to get the first edition instead? I know FreeBSD's
> pf lags being openBSD's, so I'm not sure which version of the book to
> get, if either are applicable to the version of pf that FreeBSD runs?
> (FreeBSD 8.1)
>

I don't follow OpenBSD, but my understanding is there has been significant
change between FreeBSD's version of PF and the current version in OpenBSD.
According to the freebsd-pf@ list(which is maybe a better place for your
question) PF version 4.5 is scheduled to appear in FreeBSD 9 so we'll still
be well behind.  I would guess the previous version of the book has syntax
and examples closer to what you'll be using if FreeBSD is your host although
2nd editions often have a lot of useful additions and corrections.

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Adam Vande More