--- Original message ---
From: "Gary Palmer" <gpal...@freebsd.org>
Date: 14 April 2013, 19:06:59
> On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 09:48:33AM -0600, Warren Block wrote:
> > Is it possible to move ipfilter into a port?
>
> That may work short term, but the ENOMAINTAINER problem will quickly creep
> up again as kernel APIs change. If the author has lost interest in
> maintaining the FreeBSD port of ipfilter then unless someone steps forward
> to carry on the work, I don't see much of a future for ipfilter in
> FreeBSD
>
> Do we honestly need three packet filters?
Yes! This is the most clever thought in this thread. Why we need 3
firewalls? Two packet filters it's excess too.
We have two packet filters: one with excellent syntax and functionality
but with outdated bandwidth control mechanism (aka ALTQ); another - with nice
traffic shaper/prioritization (dummynet)/classification (diffused) but with
complicated implementation in not trivial tasks.
May be the next step will be discussion about one packet filter in the
system?..
Cheers,
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