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List:       openbsd-pf
Subject:    Re: OpenBSD pf howto (was Re: www {80,443} && ACK's - PF Flags)
From:       j knight <enabled () myrealbox ! com>
Date:       2005-04-19 4:05:31
Message-ID: 4264838B.3080002 () myrealbox ! com
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Wouter Coene wrote:
> According to j knight (enabled@myrealbox.com):
> 
>>>I have been following the following doc: 
>>>[http://www.inebriated.demon.nl/pf-howto], and there are examples in
>>>there that filter for only SYN flags in a SYN+ACK mask. Which is
>>>bizarre bec if I do that it doesn't work.
>>
>>That howto is old. Three years now. You should refer to the pf.conf man 
>>page and/or the pf section in the faq (www.openbsd.org/faq/)
> 
> 
> I'm the author of the pf howto. Sorry for any confusion the out-of-dateness
> of my howto may have caused. I have been unable to update the document for
> quite some time now, so I've decided to just drop the thing. PF is quite
> complex enough without my howto confusing people more.


I want to clarify that I meant no disrespect to the document or to you 
Wouter. I think my tone may have given the opposite impression. On the 
contrary, thank you for taking the time to write a document that I've 
seen more than a few people refer to and that I'm sure has halped many 
users.



.joel
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