Re: might be slightly OT: `probability in PF'

2009-03-25 Thread Joseph C. Bender
Henning Brauer wrote: * jmc [2009-03-11 15:05]: so anyway, how are _you_ using probability? it's high on my list of useless features in pf I'd rather remove. if anybody is actually using it, I'd like to hear about it. I'm a little late to this one, but I've been using it for testing VPN

Re: might be slightly OT: `probability in PF'

2009-03-24 Thread J.C. Roberts
On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:27:48 +0100 "Stephan A. Rickauer" wrote: > On Sat, 2009-03-21 at 12:14 +0100, Henning Brauer wrote: > > * jmc [2009-03-11 15:05]: > > > so anyway, how are _you_ using probability? > > > > it's high on my list of useless features in pf I'd rather remove. > > if anybody is

Re: might be slightly OT: `probability in PF'

2009-03-23 Thread Jeffrey 'jf' Lim
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Stephan A. Rickauer wrote: > On Sat, 2009-03-21 at 12:14 +0100, Henning Brauer wrote: >> * jmc [2009-03-11 15:05]: >> > so anyway, how are _you_ using probability? >> >> it's high on my list of useless features in pf I'd rather remove. >> if anybody is actually us

Re: might be slightly OT: `probability in PF'

2009-03-23 Thread Stephan A. Rickauer
On Sat, 2009-03-21 at 12:14 +0100, Henning Brauer wrote: > * jmc [2009-03-11 15:05]: > > so anyway, how are _you_ using probability? > > it's high on my list of useless features in pf I'd rather remove. > if anybody is actually using it, I'd like to hear about it. Once in a while a re-spot this

Re: might be slightly OT: `probability in PF'

2009-03-21 Thread Lars Noodén
Henning Brauer wrote: > * jmc [2009-03-11 15:05]: >> so anyway, how are _you_ using probability? > > it's high on my list of useless features in pf I'd rather remove. > if anybody is actually using it, I'd like to hear about it. PF is one of the main factors for me to use OpenBSD, but since I do

Re: might be slightly OT: `probability in PF'

2009-03-21 Thread Matthias Kilian
On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 12:14:44PM +0100, Henning Brauer wrote: > > so anyway, how are _you_ using probability? > > it's high on my list of useless features in pf I'd rather remove. > if anybody is actually using it, I'd like to hear about it. I used it once about two years ago, to simulate a bad

Re: might be slightly OT: `probability in PF'

2009-03-21 Thread Henning Brauer
* jmc [2009-03-11 15:05]: > so anyway, how are _you_ using probability? it's high on my list of useless features in pf I'd rather remove. if anybody is actually using it, I'd like to hear about it. -- Henning Brauer, h...@bsws.de, henn...@openbsd.org BS Web Services, http://bsws.de Full-Service

Re: might be slightly OT: `probability in PF'

2009-03-13 Thread jmc
--- Artur Grabowski [Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 01:13:10PM +0100]: --- > jmc writes: > > > block in log quick on $ext_if from to any probability 90% > > > > is because it seems a little bofh-ly to me. and i guess it borders on > > security-through obscurity, which of course it not really security at

Re: might be slightly OT: `probability in PF'

2009-03-13 Thread Artur Grabowski
jmc writes: > block in log quick on $ext_if from to any probability 90% > > is because it seems a little bofh-ly to me. and i guess it borders on > security-through obscurity, which of course it not really security at > all. but it seems a bit more sinister than just outright blocking, which > k

Re: might be slightly OT: `probability in PF'

2009-03-11 Thread jmc
--- Jeffrey 'jf' Lim [Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:09:19PM +0800]: --- > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:01 PM, jmc wrote: > > i say this might be slightly OT because i am asking more of a > > philosophical question, not a technical one. the excellent documentation > > has given me all i need to know about

Re: might be slightly OT: `probability in PF'

2009-03-11 Thread Jeffrey 'jf' Lim
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:01 PM, jmc wrote: > i say this might be slightly OT because i am asking more of a > philosophical question, not a technical one. the excellent documentation > has given me all i need to know about the probability directive. thanks, > devs, for that. > (just as a "hint"

might be slightly OT: `probability in PF'

2009-03-11 Thread jmc
i say this might be slightly OT because i am asking more of a philosophical question, not a technical one. the excellent documentation has given me all i need to know about the probability directive. thanks, devs, for that. quick story: i have a couple dozen websites spread across two OpenBSD/base