The Book of PF
by Peter N. M. Hansteen · first published 2008
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Why HN recommends it
Thorough, practical guide to OpenBSD's pf firewall, praised for putting a lot of useful information in one place; suits anyone setting up pf on BSD or Mac OS X, including those new to it.
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Peter Hansteen also wrote "The Book of pf" (http://nostarch.com/pf2.htm), which is supposed to be quite good.
on “OpenBSD's traffic shaping changing in future releases” ↗…more coherent and also has fantastic documentation. The OpenBSD FAQ as well as the pf.conf and pfctl cover most things you need to know regarding PF (there's also a book by Peter Hansteen called "The Book of PF" that is an excellent resource). netfilter on the hand feels much more "stitched together". You want to configure IPv4 rules ? iptables. IPv6 ? ip6tables. You have rules tracking state? conntrack. The…
on “New in Debian stable Stretch: nftables” ↗Thanks for mentioning it. If this is it, it's in O'Reilly's Safari catalog (I've no association, just a Safari account): The Book of PF, 3rd Edition By: Peter N.M. Hansteen Publisher: No Starch Press Pub. Date: October 8, 2014 Print ISBN-13: 978-1-59327-589-1 Pages in Print Edition: 248 http://my.safaribooksonline.com/book/operating-systems-and-s...
on “A Beginner's Guide to Firewalling with pf” ↗I am not sure if the latest edition covers pfsync and carp, but there is a book on this subject, "The Book of PF" by Peter N. M. Hansteen. https://nostarch.com/pf3 OpenBSD's PF firewall has been adopted by Solaris, and I believe it is an option in FreeBSD and Linux. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PF_(firewall)
on “Big Update to OpenBSD's pfsync” ↗Related to OpenBSD, and BSD in general. Peter N. M. Hansteen is auctioning off the first signed copy The Book of PF, 3rd edition. He will be supporting the OpenBSD Foundation by donating the amount raised. http://bsdly.blogspot.ca/2014/10/the-book-of-pf-3rd-edition-...
on “OpenBSD 5.6” ↗