Arne just reminded me that we also need some text for Changes.rst. How about this?
68 PF (Packet Filtering) support has been removed 69 The built-in PF functionality has been definitely removed from the code 70 base. This feature wasn't really easy to use and was long unmaintained. 71 This implies that also ``--management-client-pf`` and any other compiletime 72 or runtime related option does not exist any longer. Gert could you please add this when applying this patch? Thanks! On 31/08/2021 00:39, Arne Schwabe wrote: > Am 27.08.21 um 21:00 schrieb Antonio Quartulli: >> OpenVPN shipped a small packet filtering tool called PF. It has never >> been straightforward as it required a plugin to work. On top of that, >> keeping PF support, makes the code more complicated and increases the >> maintenance cost of OpenVPN. >> >> PF itself is not actually maintained at all and there is little >> motivation in keeping it alive. >> >> Some years ago an IPv6 extension for PF was proposed, but it was never >> picked up for the reasons above. >> >> External (and more appropriate) tools can still be used to implement >> packet filtering on the OpenVPN interface. >> >> Drop PF support for good. >> >> Note that IDs used for external communication (i.e. to the plugin >> or management interface) have been commented out, but not removed, as >> they should not be used in the future. >> >> v2: >> * changed // to /* */ >> * changed "NOT IMPLEMENTED" to "REMOVED FEATURE" >> * removed extra empty lines after removing ifdef blocks >> * clarified on IRC that tls_final has to be removed and therefore that >> hunk is correct >> * removed mi_prefix() function as it is now unused >> >> Cc: Arne Schwabe <a...@rfc2549.org> >> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <a...@unstable.cc> > > Acked-By: Arne Schwabe <a...@rfc2549.org> > > > _______________________________________________ > Openvpn-devel mailing list > Openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-devel > -- Antonio Quartulli _______________________________________________ Openvpn-devel mailing list Openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-devel
