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| Developer(s) | Darren Reed |
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| Stable release | 5.1.2
/ 22 July 2012 |
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| Operating system | FreeBSD, NetBSD, Solaris, illumos (OpenIndiana), Linux, HP-UX |
| Type | Packet filtering |
| License | Before 4.1.35 and 5.1.1: IPFilter License (BSD-like); Since 4.1.35 and 5.1.1: GNU GPLv2[note 1] |
| Website | www |
IPFilter (commonly referred to as ipf) is an open-source software package that provides firewall services and network address translation (NAT) for many Unix-like operating systems. The author and software maintainer is Darren Reed. IPFilter supports both IPv4 and IPv6 protocols, and is a stateful firewall.
IPFilter is delivered with FreeBSD,[2] NetBSD,[3] Solaris 10 through 11.3,[4] illumos[5] (OpenIndiana[6]) and HP-UX.[7] It used to be a part of OpenBSD, but it was removed by Theo de Raadt in May 2001 due to problems with its license.[8] It was subsequently replaced in OpenBSD by PF, which was developed by OpenBSD's own developers. DragonFly BSD removed its support for IPFilter in May 2011. Oracle Solaris imported the PF firewall from OpenBSD in the 11.3 release, and removed IPFilter in the 11.4 release. [9]
IPFilter can be installed as a runtime-loadable kernel module or directly incorporated into the operating system kernel, depending on the specifics of each kernel and user preferences. The software's documentation recommends the module approach, if possible.
- ^ "FreeBSD base Revision 254219". Retrieved 9 Jun 2020.
- ^ "IPFILTER". FreeBSD Handbook. FreeBSD. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ "ipf - alters packet filtering lists for IP packet input and output". NetBSD. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ "IP Filter in Oracle Solaris (Overview)". Oracle Solaris Administration: IP Services. Oracle. 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ "Features". illumos. 2019-10-02. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
illumos uses ipfilter for firewalling. Using ipfilter you can create firewalls not just for the host system, but also for zones and hardware virtualized systems.
- ^ (Števko, Adam (2012-02-08). "System Administration: Firewall". OpenIndiana Handbook. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ "HP-UX IPFilter". HPE. 2020-03-31. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
- ^ de Raadt, Theo (2001-05-30). "Remove ipf". openbsd-cvs. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
- ^ Nedvedicky, Alexandr (2018-01-31). "Migrating from IPF to Packet Filter in Solaris 11.4". Oracle Solaris Blog. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
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