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.
which add a capability to call external functions in a predetermined way.
It can be thought as a BPF "coprocessor" -- a generic mechanism to offload
more complex packet inspection operations. There is no default coprocessor
and this functionality is not targeted to the /dev/bpf. This is primarily
targeted to the kernel subsystems, therefore there is no way to set a custom
coprocessor at the userlevel.
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- 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.
the mbuf chain on failure. Fixes some corner cases. Improve regression
test and sprinkle some asserts.
- npf_reassembly: clear nbuf on IPv6 reassembly failure path (partial fix).
The problem was found and fix provided by Anthony Mallet.
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.
using radix / Patricia tree. Universal IPv4/IPv6 comparator for ptree(3)
was contributed by Matt Thomas.
- NPF tables: update regression tests, improve npfctl(8) error messages.
- Fix few bugs when using kernel modules and handle module autounloader.
- Few other fixes and misc cleanups.
- Bump the version.
- Add NPF_OPCODE_PROTO to match the address and/or protocol only.
- Update parser to support arbitrary "pass proto <name/number>".
- Fix IPv6 address and protocol handling (add a regression test).
- Fix few theorethical races in session handling module.
- Misc fixes, simplifications and some clean up.
packet handler. Change the default policy to block when the config is
loaded and set it to pass when flush operation is performed.
- Use kmem_zalloc(9) instead of kmem_alloc(9) in few places.
- npf_rproc_{create,release}: use kmem_intr_{alloc,free} as the destruction
of rule procedure might happen in the interrupt handler (under a very rare
condition, if config reload races with the handler).
- npf_session_establish: check whether layer 3 and 4 are cached.
- npfctl_build_group: do not make groups as passing rules.
- Remove some unecessary header inclusion.
- Enable checking for zero mask in IP{4,6}MATCH after npfctl changes.
- Make locking symmetric for npf_ruleset_inspect().
- Sync function prototypes in npf(3) man page with reality.
- Rename NPF_TABLE_RBTREE to NPF_TABLE_TREE.
- Add libnpf(3) - a library to control NPF (configuration, ruleset, etc).
- Add NPF support for ftp-proxy(8).
- Add rc.d script for NPF.
- Convert npfctl(8) to use libnpf(3) and thus make it less depressive.
Note: next clean-up step should be a parser, once dholland@ will finish it.
- Add more documentation.
- Various fixes.
- Add the concept of rule procedure: separate normalization, logging and
potentially other functions from the rule structure. Rule procedure can be
shared amongst the rules. Separation is both at kernel level (npf_rproc_t)
and configuration ("procedure" + "apply").
- Fix portmap sharing for NAT policy.
- Update TCP state tracking logic. Use TCP FSM definitions.
- Add if_byindex(), OK by matt@. Use in logging for the lookup.
- Fix traceroute ALG and many other bugs; misc clean-up.
- 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.
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