On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 10:34:01AM +0200, Federico Giannici wrote:
> I'm trying to use the "max ???number???" option of the Stateful Tracking of
> PF (OpenBSD 5.7 amd64). I'm not sure how to interpret the phrase "[it]
> Limits the number of concurrent states the rule may create."
> 
> The limit is against the number of states created by ONLY THAT specific rule
> (I need this meaning), or is against the TOTAL number of states created in
> that moment by ANY rule?
> 
> Thanks for the clarification.
> 

the beginning of the section on stateful tracking options says clearly
that the options "can be applied on a per-rule basis".

as a reader, i'd expect that to mean that "max" concerns the number of
states created only by that rule. if that's not correct, we would need to
change the doc.

jmc

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