Questions tagged [pfctl]
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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
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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