- Separate the tracking interface from the storage (state table)
and thus prepare to use a new data structure for the storage.
- Fix some race conditions in NAT association logic.
If an interface is or gets detached, all associated rules and connections
will be deactivated (it might be useful to have an option to invalidate
the associated connections). Once the interface is reattached they will
become active.
Bump NPF_VERSION.
npfctl(8) and generate separate marks to describe the filter criteria.
- Rewrite 'npfctl show' functionality and fix some of the bugs.
- npftest: add a test for BPF COP.
- Bump NPF_VERSION.
points and document it. Split the worker thread into a separate module
with an interface, so it could be re-used for other tasks.
- Replace ALG list with arrays and thus hit fewer cache lines.
- Misc bug fixes.
- Implement dynamic NPF rules. Controlled through npf(3) library of via
npfctl rule command. A rule can be removed using a unique identifier,
returned on addition, or using a key which is SHA1 hash of the rule.
Adjust npftest and add a regression test.
- Improvements to rule inspection mechanism.
- Initial BPF support as an alternative to n-code.
- Minor fixes; bump the version.
dynamically loaded module (.so) supplementing npfctl(8) and a kernel
module. Move normalisation and logging functionality into their own
extensions. More improvements to come.
by npfctl debug functionality. Auto-create npftest interfaces for this.
- NPF sessions: combine protocol and interface into a separate substructure,
share between the entries and thus fix the handling of them. Constify.
- npftest: add regression tests for NAT policies.
- npf_build_nat: simplify and fix bi-NAT regression.
- Bump yacc stack size for npfctl.
- Add support for session saving/restoring.
- Add packet logging support (can tcpdump a pseudo-interface).
- Support reload without flushing of sessions; rework some locking.
- Revisit session mangement, replace linking with npf_sentry_t entries.
- Add some counters for statistics, using percpu(9).
- Add IP_DF flag cleansing.
- Fix various bugs; misc clean-up.
- Add proper TCP state tracking as described in Guido van Rooij paper,
plus handle TCP Window Scaling option.
- Completely rework npf_cache_t, reduce granularity, simplify code.
- Add npf_addr_t as an abstraction, amend session handling code, as well
as NAT code et al, to use it. Now design is prepared for IPv6 support.
- Handle IPv4 fragments i.e. perform packet reassembly.
- Add support for IPv4 ID randomization and minimum TTL enforcement.
- Add support for TCP MSS "clamping".
- Random bits for IPv6. Various fixes and clean-up.
- Add support for bi-directional NAT and redirection / port forwarding.
- Finish filtering on ICMP type/code and add filtering on TCP flags.
- Add support for TCP reset (RST) or ICMP destination unreachable on block.
- Fix a bunch of bugs; misc cleanup.
- Designed to be fully MP-safe and highly efficient.
- Tables/IP sets (hash or red-black tree) for high performance lookups.
- Stateful filtering and Network Address Port Translation (NAPT).
Framework for application level gateways (ALGs).
- Packet inspection engine called n-code processor - inspired by BPF -
supporting generic RISC-like and specific CISC-like instructions for
common patterns (e.g. IPv4 address matching). See npf_ncode(9) manual.
- Convenient userland utility npfctl(8) with npf.conf(8).
NOTE: This is not yet a fully capable alternative to PF or IPFilter.
Further work (support for binat/rdr, return-rst/return-icmp, common ALGs,
state saving/restoring, logging, etc) is in progress.
Thanks a lot to Matt Thomas for various useful comments and code review.
Aye by: board@
rmind