On 2/13/06, Dave Feustel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Monday 13 February 2006 12:45, Ted Unangst wrote:
> > On 2/13/06, Dave Feustel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > What can BPF do that PF can not?
> >
> > different things.
>
> OK, I'll bite. Such as?
> (this might be a loong, drawnout thread, but I've got time :-))
man 4 bpf
The Berkeley Packet Filter provides a raw interface to data link layers
in a protocol-independent fashion.
man 8 pfctl
Packet filtering restricts the types of packets that pass through network
interfaces entering or leaving the host based on filter rules as de-
scribed in pf.conf(5).
There, thread over.
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Jon Simola
Systems Administrator
ABC Communications