Bump!

On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 12:34:55 +0100, Stuart Henderson wrote:

>On 2010/06/13 21:01, Rod Whitworth wrote:
>> On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 10:48:49 +0100, Stuart Henderson wrote:
>> 
>> >On 2010/06/13 17:31, Rod Whitworth wrote:
>> >> On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 07:44:26 +0100, Jason McIntyre wrote:
>> >> 
>> >> >On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 12:36:52PM +1000, Rod Whitworth wrote:
>> >> >> The rule:
>> >> >> pass in on $int_if inet proto tcp to any port ftp \
>> >> >>     rdr-to 127.0.0.1 port 8021
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> in the example ruleset on http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/example1.html
>> >> >> does not work for active ftp from NATted hosts.
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> There are three solutions which all work.
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> A> make it "pass in quick ....."
>> >> >> B> move the rule as-is to the end of the file. (Last match wins......)
>> >> >> C.> move the rule up to the match rules and change "pass" to "match"
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> Which do you prefer?
>> >> >> 
>> >> >
>> >> >if the point of that rule is the same as the point of the rule in
>> >> >ftp-proxy(8), then the rule should really match the man page (which uses
>> >> >"quick") or vice versa.
>> >> 
>> >> Note that the ftp-proxy manpage does "pass in quick" with no interface
>> >> limitation......
>> >
>> >So what do you think, maybe 'pass in quick on !egress...' ?
>> >
>> 
>> Hmmm, now that I'm getting the hang of match, and it gets a lot of
>> exposure in man pf.conf, I'm half inclined to change both the example
>> ruleset AND ftp-proxy manpage to accept the spirit of the pf.conf
>> descriptions.
>> 
>> Particularly because it is another example of match usage that
>> clarifies the pf.conf docs.
>> 
>> The more examples the better, as long as they all do individual tasks.
>> 
>> Of course you guys decide.
>
>match is a bit tricky when you're giving sample rules, because
>it can be affected by rules either side of it - from that
>perspective 'pass quick' rules are quite attractive.
>
>I'll look at a diff later if noone beats me to it. :)
>

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