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Pbug: /* natd */ link

2009-08-12T20:07:50Z

natd: link

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	== natd ==		== natd ==

	natd stands for network address translation daemon. It reads from an ipfw divert socket, does the translation and injects the translated packet back into the next firewall rule that processed it. Natd runs in userland not in kernel.		[[natd]] stands for network address translation daemon. It reads from an ipfw divert socket, does the translation and injects the translated packet back into the next firewall rule that processed it. Natd runs in userland not in kernel.

Pbug at 16:23, 12 August 2009

2009-08-12T16:23:21Z

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	=== AUTHORS ===		== AUTHORS ==

	The following people implemented ipfw:		The following people implemented ipfw:
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	=== Userland API ===		== Userland API ==

	The ipfw command is used to add, delete, show rules.		The ipfw command is used to add, delete, show rules.
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	If you are scripting a flush you may want to add the -q flag to ipfw, this will not prompt to flush the rules anymore and just flushes. '''Be very careful with this''' by default ipfw will deny all traffic unless the [[kernel]] is compiled with the IPFIREWALL_DEFAULT_TO_ACCEPT kernel option. When reloading rules in a script it's important to run it in the background or else the script will not complete loading the rules after the flush.		If you are scripting a flush you may want to add the -q flag to ipfw, this will not prompt to flush the rules anymore and just flushes. '''Be very careful with this''' by default ipfw will deny all traffic unless the [[kernel]] is compiled with the IPFIREWALL_DEFAULT_TO_ACCEPT kernel option. When reloading rules in a script it's important to run it in the background or else the script will not complete loading the rules after the flush.

			== natd ==

			natd stands for network address translation daemon. It reads from an ipfw divert socket, does the translation and injects the translated packet back into the next firewall rule that processed it. Natd runs in userland not in kernel.

Pbug at 17:18, 24 October 2005

2005-10-24T17:18:08Z

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			ipfw is one of the first, if not _the_ first firewall in Open Source software. It was written first on [[FreeBSD]] and has been ported to [[NetBSD]] and Apple [[Mac OS X]]. It is a first-match-wins firewall meaning the first rule that matches a packet will be used in the pass/deny policy. At first it was not stateful, this has been added at a later time.


	=== AUTHORS ===		=== AUTHORS ===

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	Archie Cobbs,		Archie Cobbs,
	Luigi Rizzo.		Luigi Rizzo.

Pbug: /* Userland API */

2005-10-24T17:14:29Z

Userland API

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	# ipfw delete 1		# ipfw delete 1
	# ipfw ~~show~~ show 1		# ipfw show 1
	~~ipfw: invalid rule number: show~~
	ipfw: rule 1 does not exist		ipfw: rule 1 does not exist

Pbug at 17:12, 24 October 2005

2005-10-24T17:12:27Z

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=== AUTHORS ===

The following people implemented ipfw:

Ugen J. S. Antsilevich,
Poul-Henning Kamp,
Alex Nash,
Archie Cobbs,
Luigi Rizzo.

=== Userland API ===

The ipfw command is used to add, delete, show rules.

To add a rule you would type the following:

# ipfw add 1 deny IP from 10.0.0.1 to any
00001 deny ip from 10.0.0.1 to any

To see the rules added to the system you would type the following (also note dynamic rules, these are open states):

# ipfw show
00001 0 0 deny ip from 10.0.0.1 to any
...
01400 46 3816 allow udp from me to any keep-state out
...
## Dynamic rules:
01400 1 80 (T 0, # 160) ty 0 udp, 85.74.45.248 49169 <-> xxx.xxx.173.124 53
01400 1 84 (T 0, # 161) ty 0 udp, 85.74.45.248 49168 <-> xxx.xxx.173.124 53
...

To delete a rule you would type:

# ipfw delete 1
# ipfw show show 1
ipfw: invalid rule number: show
ipfw: rule 1 does not exist

To flush the entire firewall rules you would type:

# ipfw flush
Are you sure? [yn] n

If you are scripting a flush you may want to add the -q flag to ipfw, this will not prompt to flush the rules anymore and just flushes. '''Be very careful with this''' by default ipfw will deny all traffic unless the [[kernel]] is compiled with the IPFIREWALL_DEFAULT_TO_ACCEPT kernel option. When reloading rules in a script it's important to run it in the background or else the script will not complete loading the rules after the flush.