Questions tagged [pfctl]
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MacOS pf.anchor gets reset after OS upgrade?
I want to add custom network rules to pf.anchor/com.apple instead of pf.conf. I read from https://blog.neilsabol.site/post/quickly-easily-adding-pf-packet-filter-firewall-rules-macos-osx/ that mention ...
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PF set condition for not equal to a list of ports for MacOS
I'd like to set a condition so that a firewall rule will not apply to a list of ports, something along the lines of this:
table <my_table> persist file "/etc/pf.anchors/entries"
set skip on ...
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Why can't I create new network connections after enabling PF with a simple custom ruleset using `pfctl -f`?
Why can't I create new network connections after enabling PF with a simple custom ruleset using pfctl -f?
I'm reading the official FAQ tutorial for OpenBSD's PF firewall, also used in macOS.
I've a ...
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How to forward traffic from one machine to another with `pfctl`?
I am trying to forward traffic like this:
Internal Network Computer (192.168.1.*) → Server (192.168.186:1234) → Internal Network Computer (192.168.1.198:80)
Server is plugged into the router via ...
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Charles Proxy -
I installed charles Proxy on my Mac.
When I connect my other device / laptop, it was connecting, but none of the data was seen on Charles proxy.
So I ran pfctl command:
no nat on bridge100 inet ...
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pf redirect rules don't work logging
TL;DR: On Mojave (haven't tested on others), when creating rdr rules in pf, the rules work for a while (with some issues accessing the target port directly), but after a while the rules stop working, ...
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Where can i find the source code for the pfctl utility?
I have looked here: https://github.com/apple/darwin-xnu
But all i can find is the 'back end' for the pfctl tool, but i am interested in the command-line pfctl tool itself, the option parser and so on....
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How to do IP masquerading on MacOS (10.14+)?
I am looking for the equivalent Macos command to the linux:
sudo iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o en0 -j MASQUERADE
I notice there are some very very old solutions using the ancient ipfw firewall, ...
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How to route traffic out a non-standard interface using pfctl?
I have a VPN which has setup a default route, which is (of course) different to my gateway. All my traffic therefore gets routed through the tunnel.
however i would like to exempt certain apps from ...
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PF Firewall : Every time I use `pfctl`, I get errors about ALTQ support
I have a slightly elaborate firewall setup where my server usually has between 400 and 800 ip addresses firewalled. It switches back and forth between two different pf tables. Every day it rebuilds ...
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Routing localhost traffic to external IP address
I have a host with Mac OS and another machine (192.168.100.50) in the same LAN.
I would like to configure Mac OS in that way if I access localhost:443 it will redirect to 192.168.100.50:443.
I'm able ...
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Redirect IP traffic with 'pfctl' on macOS
I'm working on a mac with OS 10.13.6.
I want to redirect all requests to 10.20.154.24:1111 made from my computer go to localhost:8080.
I read about pf and pfctl, but could not make this work.
I ...
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`pf` - No ALTQ support in kernel - ALTQ related functions disabled [duplicate]
I'm using pf on my server, and it's working great. So much easier to use than ipfw (after some initial config confusion). But there is one thing that is driving me nuts....
I'm sure you probably ...
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use `pf` to allow TCP traffic on specific port (from specific subnet)
So, I've read various posts about how to use both the Application Firewall (apf or socketfilterfw) and the Packet Filter (pf) at the same time. I thought this would be straightfoward since I'm not a ...
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Getting notification when firewall settings have changed
I'm using packet filter engine to setup my Firewall connection. However, there might be other entities that may override my firewall settings on the same way (processes running with 'root' privileges ...
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Passing L2TP over IPSec VPN through a `pf` Firewall
I am trying to set up some custom firewall rules in the pf firewall in macOS (10.11 in this case). These are traditional network-based rules, not application-specific rules. I'm having some issues:
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Mapping port 80 to 8080 but maintain explicit 8080 access
I followed the instructions in this answer to map port 8080 to 80 on my mac. This works a treat, except for the fact that I can no-longer access http://localhost:8080 explicitly through Chrome (it ...
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Is the firewall really pfctl, or another instance of pfctl?
I was mucking around with pfctl a while back, didn't get very far and forgot about it.
Yesterday, I couldn't ssh into a remote machine. I disabled the firewall in system preferences but still had the ...
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pfctl to add rules at runtime WITHOUT editing /etc/pf.conf?
I have an app that (while it is running and only while it is running) needs to make changes to the packet filter (pf) so that it blocks or allows certain traffic. These rules should be in addition to ...
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Redirect Local Port through bridge to Internet Shared static IP
I have my cable modem (10.0.0.1) to my iMac (10.0.0.36), and my iMac (10.0.0.36) with a (bridge100 192.168.2.1) Internet Shared IP to my debian machine (192.168.2.34), and all of that is working ...
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pfctl - howto add an anchor and make it active / load it
So i can add an anchor to the already enabled firewall by doing something like this:
$ pfctl -a anchor_name -f /etc/anchor_rules.txt
the file "anchor_rules.txt" might contain something like this:
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