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5.Dd June 22, 1997
6.Dt IPFW 4
7.Os
8.Sh NAME
9.Nm ipfw
10.Nd IP packet filter and traffic accounting
11.Sh DESCRIPTION
12.Em ipfw
13is a system facility which allows filtering,
14redirecting, and other operations on IP packets travelling through
15system interfaces.
16.Pp
17The user interface for
18.Em ipfw
19is implemented by the
20.Nm ipfw
21program, so the reader is referred to the
22.Xr ipfw 8
23manpage for a complete description of the capabilities of
24.Em ipfw
25and how to use it.
26.Pp
27.Sh KERNEL OPTIONS
28The following options in the kernel configuration file are related to
29.Em ipfw
30operation:
31Options in the kernel configuration file:
32.Bl -tag -width "options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE_LIMIT"
33.It Cd options IPFIREWALL
34enable
35.Nm
36.It Cd options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE
37enable firewall logging
38.It Cd options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE_LIMIT
39limit firewall logging
40.It Cd options IPDIVERT
41enable
42.Xr divert 4
43sockets
44.El
45.Pp
46.Sh SEE ALSO
47.Xr setsockopt 2 ,
48.Xr divert 4 ,
49.Xr ip 4 ,
50.Xr ipfw 8 ,
51.Xr sysctl 8 ,
52.Xr syslogd 8
53