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Almost precisely three years after its birth (on June 24th, 2001), pf is now part of <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>, <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/">FreeBSD</a> and <a href="http://www.netbsd.org/">NetBSD</a>. <h4>April 30, 2004</h4> We're back from the pf hackathon <a href="/pf2k4/">pf2k4</a>, which was a great experience and very productive. Not all work has been commited yet, but should show up soon. <h4>April 7, 2004</h4> <a href="mailto:jeremy@kerneltrap.org">Jeremy Andrews</a> from <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/">kerneltrap.org</a> published an <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2873">Interview with Ryan McBride</a>, an excellent read for anyone interested in CARP and pfsync. <h4>March 30, 2004</h4> Read <a href="mailto:mcbride@openbsd.org">Ryan McBride</a>'s article about <a href="http://www.countersiege.com/doc/pfsync-carp/"> Firewall Failover with pfsync and CARP</a> (<a href="/mirror/pfsync-carp/">local copy</a>), these are the most important new features in the upcoming 3.5 release.<p> CARP (Common Address Redundancy Protocol) is a free alternative to the patent-encumbered VRRP, responsible for electing masters in a firewall cluster, while pfsync syncronizes packet filter state information among nodes.<p> The combination allows to replace single-point-of-failure firewalls with clusters of two (or more) nodes, which continue to filter ongoing and new connections when nodes fail. Additional features like <i>arpbalance</i> allow to share a single IP address for multiple servers, transparently balancing load among them, and adapting to servers failing.<p> <h4>March 25, 2004</h4> <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/35.html">OpenBSD 3.5</a> is now available for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/35.html">preorder</a>, and will ship May 1st. It introduces <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html#35">CARP</a>, a free router/firewall redundancy and failover protocol. <h4>September 9, 2003</h4> The slides from <a href="http://www.sucon.ch/">SUCON '03</a> are <a href="/sucon/">here</a>. <h4>September 4, 2003</h4> <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/items.html#34">Pre-order</a> is now available for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/34.html">OpenBSD 3.4</a> (see <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/34.html#new">what's new</a>), shipping will start around November 1st. <h4>August 21, 2003</h4> <a href="mailto:frantzen@openbsd.org">Mike Frantzen</a> added passive OS fingerprinting code to pf, check out <a href="http://www.w4g.org/fingerprinting.html">his description</a> and the <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20030821153534">thread on deadly</a>. <h4>July 21, 2003</h4> <a href="http://opensoekris.sourceforge.net/">OpenSoekris</a> provides scripts to install OpenBSD with pf on <a href="http://www.soekris.com/net4501.htm">soekris</a> devices. Also see <a href="http://256.com/gray/docs/soekris/">Soekris on OpenBSD Running Diskless</a>. <h4>July 3, 2003</h4> <a href="mailto:artymiak@safenet.pl">Jacek Artymiak</a>, known for his series of excellent <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">online articles</a> about pf, has written an entire book on the topic: <a href="http://www.devguide.net/books/buildingfirewallswithopenbsdandpf/">Building Firewalls with OpenBSD and PF</a>. You can order online.<p> <a href="mailto:mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org">Michael W . Lucas</a> has written <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1886411999">Absolute OpenBSD: UNIX for the Practical Paranoid</a>, which (among other things) covers pf. Shipping has started. <h4>May 22, 2003</h4> We're back from c2k3 (the Hackathon 2003 in Calgary, Canada), pictures available <a href="/c2k3/">here</a>. Still somewhat jetlagged, so image comments will show up later.<p> pf work done during the hackathon includes: packet tagging (add arbitrary tags to packets from filter rules and filter based on tags), SYN proxy (protects against spoofed SYN floods by doing a TCP handshake with the client first, then replaying it to the server), adaptive state timeouts (decrease timeouts when the state table grows full), TCP scrubbing, pflog format extentions, and more. <h4>May 2, 2003</h4> The new <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/">official PF FAQ</a> has been updated to cover 3.3 and improved greatly by <a href="mailto:enabled@myrealbox.com">Joel Knight</a> and <a href="mailto:nick@openbsd.org">Nick Holland</a>. <h4>May 1, 2003</h4> <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/33.html">OpenBSD 3.3</a> is officially released, see the <a href="openbsd-33-announce.txt">announcement</a> which includes a list of the most important pf changes since the previous release. <h4>April 9, 2003</h4> <a href="mailto:jeremy@kerneltrap.org">Jeremy Andrews</a> from <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/">kerneltrap.org</a> published an <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=627">article</a> (local <a href="/kerneltrap2.html">copy</a>) about the recent pf <a href="http://pf4freebsd.love2party.net/">port</a> to <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/">FreeBSD</a> and the new pf features in <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/33.html">OpenBSD 3.3</a>. <h4>April 4, 2003</h4> <a href="mailto:yongari@kt-is.co.kr">Pyun YongHyeon</a> has ported pf to <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/">FreeBSD</a>, and <a href="mailto:max@love2party.net">Max Laier</a> is working on the port and maintains <a href="http://pf4freebsd.love2party.net/">this page</a> with installation instructions and a <a href="http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-pf">mailing list</a>.<p> Earlier this year, <a href="mailto:joelw@unix.se">Joel Wilsson</a> made a <a href="http://www.netbsd.org/">NetBSD</a> port, here's his <a href="http://news.gw.com/netbsd.tech.net/7739">announcement</a> and <a href="http://unix.se/joelw/pflkm.html">web page</a>.<p> If you're insterested in running pf on those systems, you can help by testing and providing feedback. <h4>April 1, 2003</h4> I found a new job at <a href="http://www.junisphere.com/">Junisphere Systems</a> in Switzerland. I'd like to thank everyone who contacted me and offered help, appreciated very much. (this is real, the April's fools joke is <a href="/pf/msg01732.html">here</a> :). <h4>March 27, 2003</h4> <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/33.html">OpenBSD 3.3</a> can be <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/items.html#33">ordered</a> now and will start shipping shortly. If you appreciate our work, please contribute to the project and buy a CD or t-shirt (there's a <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/tshirts.html#19">new shirt</a>, too!). The release will be available for free download as soon as the shipping process has started, and the CVS tree has been tagged with OPENBSD_3_3 already. The official release announcement will appear soon. <h4>March 2, 2003</h4> If you're using an ADSL link or are curious about the recent merge of ALTQ and pf, you might find this article about <a href="/ackpri.html">Prioritizing empty TCP ACKs with pf and ALTQ</a> interesting. It's my favorite feature in the next release, as it makes my downloads much faster :) <h4>March 1, 2003</h4> The slides from the <a href="http://www.linuxforum.dk/2003/english/">LinuxForum 2003</a> talk about pf are <a href="/linuxforum/">here</a> (mgp <a href="/linuxforum/linuxforum-mgp.tar.gz">source</a>). A <a href="http://linuxforum.mmmanager.net/">webcast</a> is available, too. And <a href="mailto:e@molioner.dk">Michael Knudsen</a> made some <a href="http://open.bsdcow.net/events/lf2003">pictures</a>. <h4>December 11, 2002</h4> On a personal note: the company I work for filed for chapter 11, which means I'll be unemployed by the end of January 2003. If you are hiring Unix programmers (or know someone who does), please <a href="mailto:daniel@benzedrine.ch">contact me</a> for a CV. I'd move to North America, if you can arrange a working permit. <h4>November 26, 2002</h4> <a href="http://www.csl.sony.co.jp/person/kjc/kjc/software.html">ALTQ</a> has been merged with pf, which means pf can now assign packets to queues configured in pf.conf. The <a href="/pf/msg00613.html">announcement</a> contains further details and examples. <h4>November 25, 2002</h4> Initial support for <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20021125135937">load balancing</a> is introduced in pf. <h4>November 1, 2002</h4> OpenBSD 3.2 is officially released, see the <a href="openbsd-32-announce.txt">announcement</a> which includes a list of the most important pf changes since release 3.1. <h4>October 31, 2002</h4> Jeremy Andrews from <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/">kerneltrap.org</a> has published an <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=477">interview</a> (<a href="/kerneltrap.html">local copy</a>) with yours truly about pf. <h4>October 23, 2002</h4> OpenBSD 3.2 will ship starting November 1st. See what's <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/32.html">new</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/orders.html">order</a> a CD-ROM. <h4>October 7, 2002</h4> <a href="http://shopip.com/products_and_services/index.html">ShopIP</a>, <a href="http://www.digitalsentinel.com/what_is_ds.asp">DigitalSentinel</a> and <a href="http://www.ndpms.com/products.html">NDP Managed Security</a> commercially sell firewall appliances based on OpenBSD 3.1 with pf. If you're looking for a smaller system, <a href="http://www.soekris.com/net4501.htm">Soekris Engineering</a> has embedded boards that <a href="http://www.nmedia.net/~chris/soekris/">run OpenBSD</a> with pf from CompactFlash card. Another option is <a href="http://www.openbrick.org/">OpenBrick</a>. <h4>July 26, 2002</h4> There's a <a href="/mailinglist.html">mailing list</a> for pf related questions and discussion, to subscribe: <i>echo "subscribe" | mail pf-request@benzedrine.ch</i>. <a href="/pf/threads.html">archive</a> (external: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-pf">MARC</a>, <a href="http://groups.google.com/groups?group=bit.listserv.openbsd-pf">google</a>, <a href="http://www.mail-archive.com/pf%40benzedrine.ch/">mail-archive</a>). <h4>June 20, 2002</h4> The <a href="c2k2.html">footage</a> (stills and movies) from c2k2 and Usenix are now online. Watch <a href="mailto:niklas@openbsd.org">Niklas Hallqvist</a> perform beer hurling in full color motion ;). Thanks to <a href="mailto:wvdputte@openbsd.org">Wim Vandeputte</a> for hosting the files. <h4>June 15, 2002</h4> <a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix02/">Usenix 2002</a> just ended, here's a copy of the presentation <a href="/pf-paper.html"> Design and Performance of the OpenBSD Stateful Packet Filter </a>, (<a href="/pf-paper.pdf">PDF</a>), originally published in <i>"Proceedings of the FREENIX Track: 2002 USENIX Annual Technical Conference (FREENIX '02)"</i>. The <a href="/pf-slides.pdf">slides</a> are available, too. I'll add more comments and pictures from c2k2 and Usenix as soon as I get back home. <h4>May 29, 2002</h4> The reported <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-tech&m=102103562930300">problems</a> with pf, scrub and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bridge&sektion=4">bridge(4)</a> have been <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=102260084019341">solved</a> (<a href="refrag.diff">patch</a> for <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/stable.html">3.1-stable</a>).<p> Updated <a href="pf.conf">pf.conf</a> and <a href="nat.conf">nat.conf</a> examples, shows filtering an IPv6 <a href="http://tunnelbroker.com">tunnel</a> on the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gif&sektion=4">gif(4)</a> interface. <h4>May 19, 2002</h4> OpenBSD 3.1 is officially released, see the <a href="openbsd-31-announce.txt">announcement</a> which includes a list of the most important pf changes since release 3.0. <h4>April 16, 2002</h4> OpenBSD 3.1 will be released shortly! Check out what's <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/31.html">new</a> and <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/orders.html">order</a> a CD-ROM. <h4>April 5, 2002</h4> If you're wondering whether pf is up to the job you need to get done, or uncertain about the maturity that a less than a year old product can offer, read this <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=101795553026716&w=2">story</a> (local <a href="henning.txt">copy</a>) from someone who knows what he is <a href="http://www.bsws.de/">doing</a>. <h4>April 4, 2002</h4> Bob Beck wrote authpf, an authenticating gateway shell, which dynamically adds and removes filter rules when users login (through ssh). See the article on <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20020404012633">deadly.org</a> and the <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=authpf&sektion=8"> authpf(8)</a> man page. <h4>April 1, 2002</h4> The Minister of Propaganda was <a href="openbsd-2002-april.txt">pulling your leg</a>. <h4>December 10, 2001</h4> Just in case you didn't notice yet, OpenBSD 3.0 has been <a href="openbsd-30-announce.txt">released</a>! Please support the project and order your CD from <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/orders.html"> OpenBSD.org</a> today.<p> The FAQ has been updated and now includes useful pf related information, please visit <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq6.html#6.2">6.2 Packet Filter (PF)</a> and submit corrections and improvements. <h4>October 4, 2001</h4> If you want to build an ethernet bridge with stateful filtering, here are some <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-tech&m=100220976320265"> hints</a> and <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=101814255119388">catches</a>. You can find a general description of the concept in the <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html"> Invisible Firewalling How-To</a>. <h4>October 1, 2001</h4> Here's a quick summary of files and man pages related to pf:<p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/etc/rc.conf">/etc/rc.conf</a> pf is disabled by default, use pf=YES to enable it<br> <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/etc/pf.conf">/etc/pf.conf</a> default filter rules<br> <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/etc/nat.conf">/etc/nat.conf</a> default NAT rules<br> <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pfctl">pfctl(8)</a> userland tool to configure the packet filter<br> <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pflogd">pflogd(8)</a> logging daemon<br> <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pflog">pflog(4)</a> logging interface<br> <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf.conf">pf.conf(5)</a> filter rule syntax<br> <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=nat.conf">nat.conf(5)</a> NAT rule syntax<br> <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf">pf(4)</a> description of the ioctl interface to the kernel<br> <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ftp-proxy">ftp-proxy(8)</a> proxies active FTP connections for NATed clients<br> <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=authpf">authpf(8)</a> authenticating gateway user shell<br> </ul><p> You might want to enable debug logging with pfctl -x m while testing. If you have questions or bug reports, please write to <a href="mailto:dhartmei@openbsd.org">dhartmei@openbsd.org</a>. 3.0-release is approaching fast, and any bug fixed before the release saves a lot of work :)<p> The source consists of these files:<p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/net/pfvar.h">sys/net/pfvar.h</a> common definitions for kernel and userland<br> <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/net/pf.c">sys/net/pf.c</a> main kernel source<br> <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/net/pf_ioctl.c">sys/net/pf_ioctl.c</a> kernel-userland interface<br> <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/net/pf_norm.c">sys/net/pf_norm.c</a> normalizing code (scrub)<br> <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sbin/pfctl/pfctl.c">sbin/pfctl/pfctl.c</a> pfctl main program<br> <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sbin/pfctl/parse.y">sbin/pfctl/parse.y</a> parser source (yacc)<br> <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sbin/pfctl/pfctl_parser.h">sbin/pfctl/pfctl_parser.h</a> common definitions for pfctl<br> <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sbin/pfctl/pfctl_parser.c">sbin/pfctl/pfctl_parser.c</a> common code for pfctl<br> <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/libexec/ftp-proxy/">libexec/ftp-proxy/</a><br> <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.sbin/authpf/">usr.sbin/authpf/</a><br> </ul><p> <h4>September 22, 2001</h4> Check out (and contribute to) Wouter Coene's <a href="http://www.inebriated.demon.nl/pf-howto/">HOWTO</a>.<p> <h4>June 28, 2001</h4> The last couple of days have been incredibly exciting (and busy ;) for me, and I'd like to post a short update here, since many people have hit this page.<p> pf is now developed in the OpenBSD CVS tree (-current), and you should get the source from there. You'll notice that changes happen very frequently at the moment.<p> What has started as an experiment of a single insomniac is now a serious project pursued by a team of very experienced and competent hackers. As you can imagine, I'm very happy with this. It's "OpenBSD's pf" or "pf written by the OpenBSD team" now, and not "Daniel Hartmeier's pf". I might (boldly ;) take credit for the inital spark, but the real work is now being done by a team. Give credit to everyone who is contributing.<p> I'll leave the old page <a href="/pf-beginning.html">here</a> intact until everything is covered by man pages, but be warned, nearly everything is now outdated.<p> <h3>License</h3> pf is <a href="http://www.opensource.org">OSI Certified Open Source Software</a>. It's published under a two-clause <a href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php">BSD license</a>.<p> <a href="http://www.opensource.org/docs/certification_mark.php"><img src="/osi.jpg" alt ="[OSI Certified]" border=0 align=middle></a><p> <h3>Related links</h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">The OpenBSD project</a><br> <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/faq/">OpenBSD FAQ</a> Documentation and Frequently Asked Questions<br> <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/index.html">PF User's Guide</a><br> <li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/press.html">OpenBSD Media Coverage</a> see <i>May, 2001</i> links for pf related articles<br> <li>pf <a href="/mailinglist.html">mailing list</a> and <a href="/pf/">archive</a><br> <li><a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD</a> by Jacek Artymiak<br> <li><a href="http://home.nuug.no/~peter/pf/">Firewalling with PF</a> by Peter N. M. Hansteen (norwegian version, pdf, and slides available, too)<br> <li><a href="http://www.thedeepsky.com/howto/newbie_pf_guide.php">A Newbie's Guide to Setting up PF on OpenBSD 3.x</a> by Eric Bullen<br> <li><a href="http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/11/23/14927/477">Guide to OpenBSD Packet Filtering Firewalls</a> by Roger E. Rustad, Jr.<br> <li><a href="http://www.realo.ca/BSDinstall.html">A Step-by-Step Guide to Building an OpenBSD PPPoE Gateway, with Firewall</a> by Real Ouellet<br> <li><a href="http://www.muine.org/~hoang/openpf.html">OpenBSD firewall using pf</a> by Hoang Q. Tran<br> <li><a href="http://www.averillpark.net/OpenBSD/FW-HowTo.html">Building a Firewall with OpenBSD 3.0</a> by Richard Welty<br> <li><a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/OpenBSD/firewall.htm">How-To Harden OpenBSD Using Packet Filter</a> by GeodSoft<br> <li><a href="http://www.drones.com/obsd-fw.html">Using OpenBSD 3.0 As A Firewall/Gateway for Home DSL or Cable</a> by Shamim Mohamed<br> <li><a href="http://hackinthebox.org/article.php?sid=15607">How to Build a Simple Wireless Authenticated Gateway (SWAG) Using OpenBSD</a> by Rosli Sukri<br> <li><a href="http://erwan.lemonnier.free.fr/databites/openbsd3.0-firewall-pf-nat-dhcp.html">Howto Build a Firewall & Wireless access point with OpenBSD 3.0/3.1, PF, NAT & DHCP</a> by Erwan Lemonnier<br> <li><a href="http://www.honeynet.org/papers/honeynet/">Know Your Enemy: Honeynets</a> by the Honeynet Project<br> <li><a href="/crashreport.html">How to debug kernel crashes</a> explains how the kernel debugger can be used to supply useful bug reports<br> <li><a href="http://www.vim.org/script.php?script_id=341">pf.vim</a> syntax file for vim by Camiel Dobbelaar<br> <li><a href="/pfstat.html">pfstat</a> create graphs from pf statistics (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/ports.html">ports/net/pfstat</a>)<br> <li><a href="http://www.dixongroup.net/hatchet/">Hatchet</a> log parser (web interface) by Jason Dixon<br> <li><a href="http://www.eee.metu.edu.tr/~canacar/pftop/">pftop</a> real-time display of active states by Can Erkin Acar (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/ports.html">ports/sysutils/pftop</a>)<br> <li><a href="http://www.xs4all.nl/~wpd/symon/">symon</a> client/server system monitoring, includes pf statistics module, by Willem Dijkstra (<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/ports.html">ports/sysutils/symon</a>)<br> <li><a href="http://www.mindrot.org/pfflowd.html">pfflowd</a> generate NetFlow datagrams from pfsync messages, by Damien Miller<br> <li><a href="http://www.fwbuilder.org/">Firewall Builder</a> GUI rule builder, supports pf<br> <li><a href="http://sofi-firewall.sourceforge.net/">SOFI - Simple OpenBSD Firewall Interface</a> by Mark Heily<br> <li><a href="http://freshmeat.net/projects/ipa/">IPA</a> IP accounting software, supports pf<br> <li><a href="http://tud.at/programm/fwanalog/">fwanalog</a> firewall log file analyzer<br> <li><a href="http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc768.html">RFC768</a> User Datagram Protocol (UDP)<br> <li><a href="http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc791.html">RFC791</a> Internet Protocol (IP)<br> <li><a href="http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc792.html">RFC792</a> Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)<br> <li><a href="http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc793.html">RFC793</a> Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)<br> <li><a href="http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1072.html">RFC1072</a> TCP Extensions for Long-Delay Paths<br> <li><a href="http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1122.html">RFC1122</a> Requirements for Internet Hosts -- Communication Layers<br> <li><a href="http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1185.html">RFC1185</a> TCP Extension for High-Speed Paths<br> <li><a href="http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1191.html">RFC1191</a> Path MTU Discovery<br> <li><a href="http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1323.html">RFC1323</a> TCP Extensions for High Performance<br> <li><a href="http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1644.html">RFC1644</a> TCP Extensions for Transactions<br> <li><a href="http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1812.html">RFC1812</a> Requirements for IP Version 4 Routers<br> <li><a href="http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2018.html">RFC2018</a> TCP Selective Acknowledgment Options (SACK)<br> <li><a href="http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2581.html">RFC2581</a> TCP Congestion Control<br> <li><a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/sec01/invitedtalks/rooij.pdf">Real Stateful TCP Packet Filtering in IP Filter</a> (PDF) by Guido van Rooij<br> <li><a href="http://www.icir.org/vern/papers/norm-usenix-sec-01-html/index.html">Network Intrusion Detection: Evasion, Traffic Normalization, and End-to-End Protocol Semantics</a> by Mark Handley and Vern Paxson<br> <li><a href="http://web.eecs.umich.edu/~farnam/pubs/2000-mwj-infocom.pdf">Transport and Application Protocol Scrubbing</a> (PDF) by Rob Malan, David Watson, Farnam Jahanian, Paul Howell<br> <li><a href="http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~jns/security/iptables/iptables_conntrack.html">Connection tracking</a> in Linux' iptables<br> <li><a href="http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/p0f-help/">p0f</a> passive OS fingerprinting<br> <li><a href="http://www.obfuscation.org/ipf/">IP Filter Based Firewalls HOWTO</a> from obfuscation.org<br> <li><a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/ipfilter/">IP Filter</a> home page<br> <li><a href="http://www.cerias.purdue.edu/homes/frantzen/mfilt.tgz">Mfilt</a> Mike Frantzen's stateful firewall<br> </ul> <p>  </td></tr> </table> </td></tr><tr><td> <center> <small> Last updated on Tue Sep 26 08:57:43 2017 by <a href="mailto:daniel@benzedrine.ch">daniel@benzedrine.ch</a><a href="/crawlertrap/index.html?no-prefetch">.</a><br><br> </small> </center> </td></tr> </table> </body> </html>