Questions tagged [pfctl]
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Map one IP to another
On Linux, I can use iptables to cause any incoming requests $FROM destined for some IP address to go to another $TO, regardless of whether $FROM and/or $TO where actually on the interface, or even ...
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Apply NAT rule on Internet Sharing
I want to apply custom NAT rule on Internet Sharing (Wifi internet shared over ethernet cable to another machine).
sudo pfctl -a com.apple/100.InternetSharing/natpmp -f pf-nat.conf
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How to open a port on MacOS Big Sur?
I am trying to open a specific port (8000) on my Mac (macOS 11.6) for local web development testing.
Let’s say my computer’s NAT IP is 192.168.1.10. If I go to 192.168.1.10:8000, I get nothing. nmap ...
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Port Forwarding on macOS Monterey
I've switched to macOS Monterey and am not able to get port forwarding working for localhost (http and https) using the loopback interface lo0. I'm using pf and doing exactly what I was doing before ...
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Source of PF 'anchor "com.apple.internet-sharing" all'?
I see someone had/has the same issue I'm seeing here, but I can't find an answer to it.
What I'm trying to do: create a packet filter that is applied to any device that's sharing internet. My use ...
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Modifying tcp packets going out on a specific port
I am newbie with pf. I want to modify all outgoing TCP traffic having destination port 8001. For that, firstly, I wanted to use pf to redirect all the TCP traffic at en0 with destination port 8001 to ...
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How to dynamically add anchors on startup for apple pfctl without editing system pf.conf
There are a few answers on using pfctl on os x, but none really give a nice clean way to make an anchor and have it loaded on startup, or to allow programs to hook in and dynamically update / replace ...
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Issue with pfctl tags on Big Sur
I am running a local proxy server on a Mac machine. To set it up, I'm using the built in proxy, which has to be set globally. However, I'm interested to differentiate incoming traffic in the local ...
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pfctl: Duplicate signature for
What would cause pfctl to output a bunch of errors regarding duplicate signatures to stderr when run as a daemon using launchd under /Library/LaunchDaemons, but not when run manually from Terminal?
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Starting `pf` Firewall at System Startup
I have a particular machine that I keep buttoned down very tight. Only a few specific ports/protocols are allowed. I have a pretty basic set of rules that work very well.
While working on a different ...
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MacOS pf equivalent to iptables rule
I am looking to implement a rule like the following iptables rule on my Mac.
sudo iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -d 10.244.1.8 -p tcp --dport 4369 -j DNAT --to-destination 127.0.0.1:4369
Context: In my ...
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How to use pf to route this scenario
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I need pf on a Mac to do this: redirecting any connections to localhost:8080 to a public domain.
--> localhost:8080 --> public domain
Example
The public domain is hosting a nginx server. ...
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PF not forwarding incoming traffic on loopback from one port to another
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I have a server listening on port 3000 on localhost. I want incoming traffic to localhost:8080 to be forwarded to that server.
My set up:
Server listens on port 3000; nothing listens on ...
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pf: Dynamically add rule to nat-anchor
I connect to a Cisco VPN Server and want to share that connection via wifi.
Using the macOS Internet Sharing feature, I can only select one interface to share - either my LAN adapter, or the VPN ...
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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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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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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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