Talk:Guide to Unix/BSD/OpenBSD/As a Firewall

Feel free to write suggestions on how to make this a better article. I would also like to encourage people to edit and redistribute this article freely.-- CFeyecare   Talk! 18:18, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Todo

 * pf.conf
 * Configuring Macros : User-defined variables that can hold IP addresses, interface names, etc.
 * Tables : A structure used to hold lists of IP addresses.
 * Options : Various options to control how PF works.
 * Scrub : Reprocessing packets to normalize and defragment them.
 * Queueing : Provides bandwidth control and packet prioritization.
 * Translation : Controls Network Address Translation and packet redirection.
 * Filter Rules : Allows the selective filtering or blocking of packets as they pass through any of the interfaces.
 * Run time controls
 * spamd

The scrubbing section is misleading. I don't think scrubbing - or any pf functions - are related to preventing computer disk fragmentation. Packet fragmentation is outdated, and most modern operating systems do not use it, so it is wrong to say that many packets will be dropped if you filter it out.

80.40.144.68 (discuss) 14:24, 4 January 2012 (UTC) thealanh@me.com