NAME

       ipfw — IP packet filter and traffic accounting

SYNOPSIS

       To compile the driver into the kernel, place the following option in the kernel configuration file:

             options IPFIREWALL

       Other related kernel options which may also be useful are:

             options IPFIREWALL_DEFAULT_TO_ACCEPT
             options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE
             options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE_LIMIT=100

       To load the driver as a module at boot time, add the following line into the loader.conf(5) file:

             ipfw_load="YES"

DESCRIPTION

       The  ipfw  system  facility  allows filtering, redirecting, and other operations on IP packets travelling
       through network interfaces.

       The default behavior of ipfw is to block all  incoming  and  outgoing  traffic.   This  behavior  can  be
       modified,   to   allow   all   traffic   through   the   ipfw   firewall  by  default,  by  enabling  the
       IPFIREWALL_DEFAULT_TO_ACCEPT kernel option.  This option may be useful  when  configuring  ipfw  for  the
       first  time.   If  the  default ipfw behavior is to allow everything, it is easier to cope with firewall-
       tuning mistakes which may accidentally block all traffic.

       To enable logging of packets passing through ipfw, enable  the  IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE  kernel  option.   The
       IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE_LIMIT option will prevent syslogd(8) from flooding system logs or causing local Denial
       of  Service.   This  option may be set to the number of packets which will be logged on a per-entry basis
       before the entry is rate-limited.

       The user interface for ipfw is implemented by the ipfw(8) utility, so please refer to the ipfw(8) manpage
       for a complete description of the ipfw capabilities and how to use it.

SEE ALSO

       setsockopt(2), divert(4), ip(4), ipfw(8), sysctl(8), syslogd(8), pfil(9)

Debian                                          October 25, 2012                                         IPFW(4)