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31.Dd December 7, 2019
32.Dt PF.CONF 5
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm pf.conf
36.Nd packet filter configuration file
37.Sh DESCRIPTION
38The
39.Xr pf 4
40packet filter modifies, drops or passes packets according to rules or
41definitions specified in
42.Nm pf.conf .
43.Sh STATEMENT ORDER
44There are seven types of statements in
45.Nm pf.conf :
46.Bl -tag -width xxxx
47.It Cm Macros
48User-defined variables may be defined and used later, simplifying
49the configuration file.
50Macros must be defined before they are referenced in
51.Nm pf.conf .
52.It Cm Tables
53Tables provide a mechanism for increasing the performance and flexibility of
54rules with large numbers of source or destination addresses.
55.It Cm Options
56Options tune the behaviour of the packet filtering engine.
57.It Cm Traffic Normalization Li (e.g. Em scrub )
58Traffic normalization protects internal machines against inconsistencies
59in Internet protocols and implementations.
60.It Cm Queueing
61Queueing provides rule-based bandwidth control.
62.It Cm Translation Li (Various forms of NAT)
63Translation rules specify how addresses are to be mapped or redirected to
64other addresses.
65.It Cm Packet Filtering
66Packet filtering provides rule-based blocking or passing of packets.
67.El
68.Pp
69With the exception of
70.Cm macros
71and
72.Cm tables ,
73the types of statements should be grouped and appear in
74.Nm pf.conf
75in the order shown above, as this matches the operation of the underlying
76packet filtering engine.
77By default
78.Xr pfctl 8
79enforces this order (see
80.Ar set require-order
81below).
82.Pp
83Comments can be put anywhere in the file using a hash mark
84.Pq Sq # ,
85and extend to the end of the current line.
86.Pp
87Additional configuration files can be included with the
88.Ic include
89keyword, for example:
90.Bd -literal -offset indent
91include "/etc/pf/sub.filter.conf"
92.Ed
93.Sh MACROS
94Macros can be defined that will later be expanded in context.
95Macro names must start with a letter, and may contain letters, digits
96and underscores.
97Macro names may not be reserved words (for example
98.Ar pass ,
99.Ar in ,
100.Ar out ) .
101Macros are not expanded inside quotes.
102.Pp
103For example,
104.Bd -literal -offset indent
105ext_if = \&"kue0\&"
106all_ifs = \&"{\&" $ext_if lo0 \&"}\&"
107pass out on $ext_if from any to any
108pass in  on $ext_if proto tcp from any to any port 25
109.Ed
110.Sh TABLES
111Tables are named structures which can hold a collection of addresses and
112networks.
113Lookups against tables in
114.Xr pf 4
115are relatively fast, making a single rule with tables much more efficient,
116in terms of
117processor usage and memory consumption, than a large number of rules which
118differ only in IP address (either created explicitly or automatically by rule
119expansion).
120.Pp
121Tables can be used as the source or destination of filter rules,
122.Ar scrub
123rules
124or
125translation rules such as
126.Ar nat
127or
128.Ar rdr
129(see below for details on the various rule types).
130Tables can also be used for the redirect address of
131.Ar nat
132and
133.Ar rdr
134rules and in the routing options of filter rules, but only for
135.Ar round-robin
136pools.
137.Pp
138Tables can be defined with any of the following
139.Xr pfctl 8
140mechanisms.
141As with macros, reserved words may not be used as table names.
142.Bl -tag -width "manually"
143.It Ar manually
144Persistent tables can be manually created with the
145.Ar add
146or
147.Ar replace
148option of
149.Xr pfctl 8 ,
150before or after the ruleset has been loaded.
151.It Pa pf.conf
152Table definitions can be placed directly in this file, and loaded at the
153same time as other rules are loaded, atomically.
154Table definitions inside
155.Nm pf.conf
156use the
157.Ar table
158statement, and are especially useful to define non-persistent tables.
159The contents of a pre-existing table defined without a list of addresses
160to initialize it is not altered when
161.Nm pf.conf
162is loaded.
163A table initialized with the empty list,
164.Li { } ,
165will be cleared on load.
166.El
167.Pp
168Tables may be defined with the following attributes:
169.Bl -tag -width persist
170.It Ar persist
171The
172.Ar persist
173flag forces the kernel to keep the table even when no rules refer to it.
174If the flag is not set, the kernel will automatically remove the table
175when the last rule referring to it is flushed.
176.It Ar const
177The
178.Ar const
179flag prevents the user from altering the contents of the table once it
180has been created.
181Without that flag,
182.Xr pfctl 8
183can be used to add or remove addresses from the table at any time, even
184when running with
185.Xr securelevel 7
186= 2.
187.It Ar counters
188The
189.Ar counters
190flag enables per-address packet and byte counters which can be displayed with
191.Xr pfctl 8 .
192Note that this feature carries significant memory overhead for large tables.
193.El
194.Pp
195For example,
196.Bd -literal -offset indent
197table \*(Ltprivate\*(Gt const { 10/8, 172.16/12, 192.168/16 }
198table \*(Ltbadhosts\*(Gt persist
199block on fxp0 from { \*(Ltprivate\*(Gt, \*(Ltbadhosts\*(Gt } to any
200.Ed
201.Pp
202creates a table called private, to hold RFC 1918 private network
203blocks, and a table called badhosts, which is initially empty.
204A filter rule is set up to block all traffic coming from addresses listed in
205either table.
206The private table cannot have its contents changed and the badhosts table
207will exist even when no active filter rules reference it.
208Addresses may later be added to the badhosts table, so that traffic from
209these hosts can be blocked by using
210.Bd -literal -offset indent
211# pfctl -t badhosts -Tadd 204.92.77.111
212.Ed
213.Pp
214A table can also be initialized with an address list specified in one or more
215external files, using the following syntax:
216.Bd -literal -offset indent
217table \*(Ltspam\*(Gt persist file \&"/etc/spammers\&" file \&"/etc/openrelays\&"
218block on fxp0 from \*(Ltspam\*(Gt to any
219.Ed
220.Pp
221The files
222.Pa /etc/spammers
223and
224.Pa /etc/openrelays
225list IP addresses, one per line.
226Any lines beginning with a # are treated as comments and ignored.
227In addition to being specified by IP address, hosts may also be
228specified by their hostname.
229When the resolver is called to add a hostname to a table,
230.Em all
231resulting IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are placed into the table.
232IP addresses can also be entered in a table by specifying a valid interface
233name, a valid interface group or the
234.Em self
235keyword, in which case all addresses assigned to the interface(s) will be
236added to the table.
237.Sh OPTIONS
238.Xr pf 4
239may be tuned for various situations using the
240.Ar set
241command.
242.Bl -tag -width xxxx
243.It Ar set timeout
244.Pp
245.Bl -tag -width "src.track" -compact
246.It Ar interval
247Interval between purging expired states and fragments.
248.It Ar frag
249Seconds before an unassembled fragment is expired.
250.It Ar src.track
251Length of time to retain a source tracking entry after the last state
252expires.
253.El
254.Pp
255When a packet matches a stateful connection, the seconds to live for the
256connection will be updated to that of the
257.Ar proto.modifier
258which corresponds to the connection state.
259Each packet which matches this state will reset the TTL.
260Tuning these values may improve the performance of the
261firewall at the risk of dropping valid idle connections.
262.Pp
263.Bl -tag -width xxxx -compact
264.It Ar tcp.first
265The state after the first packet.
266.It Ar tcp.opening
267The state before the destination host ever sends a packet.
268.It Ar tcp.established
269The fully established state.
270.It Ar tcp.closing
271The state after the first FIN has been sent.
272.It Ar tcp.finwait
273The state after both FINs have been exchanged and the connection is closed.
274Some hosts (notably web servers on Solaris) send TCP packets even after closing
275the connection.
276Increasing
277.Ar tcp.finwait
278(and possibly
279.Ar tcp.closing )
280can prevent blocking of such packets.
281.It Ar tcp.closed
282The state after one endpoint sends an RST.
283.El
284.Pp
285ICMP and UDP are handled in a fashion similar to TCP, but with a much more
286limited set of states:
287.Pp
288.Bl -tag -width xxxx -compact
289.It Ar udp.first
290The state after the first packet.
291.It Ar udp.single
292The state if the source host sends more than one packet but the destination
293host has never sent one back.
294.It Ar udp.multiple
295The state if both hosts have sent packets.
296.It Ar icmp.first
297The state after the first packet.
298.It Ar icmp.error
299The state after an ICMP error came back in response to an ICMP packet.
300.El
301.Pp
302Other protocols are handled similarly to UDP:
303.Pp
304.Bl -tag -width xxxx -compact
305.It Ar other.first
306.It Ar other.single
307.It Ar other.multiple
308.El
309.Pp
310Timeout values can be reduced adaptively as the number of state table
311entries grows.
312.Pp
313.Bl -tag -width xxxx -compact
314.It Ar adaptive.start
315When the number of state entries exceeds this value, adaptive scaling
316begins.
317All timeout values are scaled linearly with factor
318(adaptive.end - number of states) / (adaptive.end - adaptive.start).
319.It Ar adaptive.end
320When reaching this number of state entries, all timeout values become
321zero, effectively purging all state entries immediately.
322This value is used to define the scale factor, it should not actually
323be reached (set a lower state limit, see below).
324.El
325.Pp
326Adaptive timeouts are enabled by default, with an adaptive.start value
327equal to 60% of the state limit, and an adaptive.end value equal to
328120% of the state limit.
329They can be disabled by setting both adaptive.start and adaptive.end to 0.
330.Pp
331The adaptive timeout values can be defined both globally and for each rule.
332When used on a per-rule basis, the values relate to the number of
333states created by the rule, otherwise to the total number of
334states.
335.Pp
336For example:
337.Bd -literal -offset indent
338set timeout tcp.first 120
339set timeout tcp.established 86400
340set timeout { adaptive.start 6000, adaptive.end 12000 }
341set limit states 10000
342.Ed
343.Pp
344With 9000 state table entries, the timeout values are scaled to 50%
345(tcp.first 60, tcp.established 43200).
346.It Ar set loginterface
347Enable collection of packet and byte count statistics for the given
348interface or interface group.
349These statistics can be viewed using
350.Bd -literal -offset indent
351# pfctl -s info
352.Ed
353.Pp
354In this example
355.Xr pf 4
356collects statistics on the interface named dc0:
357.Bd -literal -offset indent
358set loginterface dc0
359.Ed
360.Pp
361One can disable the loginterface using:
362.Bd -literal -offset indent
363set loginterface none
364.Ed
365.It Ar set limit
366Sets hard limits on the memory pools used by the packet filter.
367See
368.Xr zone 9
369for an explanation of memory pools.
370.Pp
371For example,
372.Bd -literal -offset indent
373set limit states 20000
374.Ed
375.Pp
376sets the maximum number of entries in the memory pool used by state table
377entries (generated by
378.Ar pass
379rules which do not specify
380.Ar no state )
381to 20000.
382Using
383.Bd -literal -offset indent
384set limit frags 20000
385.Ed
386.Pp
387sets the maximum number of entries in the memory pool used for fragment
388reassembly (generated by
389.Ar scrub
390rules) to 20000.
391Using
392.Bd -literal -offset indent
393set limit src-nodes 2000
394.Ed
395.Pp
396sets the maximum number of entries in the memory pool used for tracking
397source IP addresses (generated by the
398.Ar sticky-address
399and
400.Ar src.track
401options) to 2000.
402Using
403.Bd -literal -offset indent
404set limit tables 1000
405set limit table-entries 100000
406.Ed
407.Pp
408sets limits on the memory pools used by tables.
409The first limits the number of tables that can exist to 1000.
410The second limits the overall number of addresses that can be stored
411in tables to 100000.
412.Pp
413Various limits can be combined on a single line:
414.Bd -literal -offset indent
415set limit { states 20000, frags 20000, src-nodes 2000 }
416.Ed
417.It Ar set ruleset-optimization
418.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxx -compact
419.It Ar none
420Disable the ruleset optimizer.
421.It Ar basic
422Enable basic ruleset optimization.
423This is the default behaviour.
424Basic ruleset optimization does four things to improve the
425performance of ruleset evaluations:
426.Pp
427.Bl -enum -compact
428.It
429remove duplicate rules
430.It
431remove rules that are a subset of another rule
432.It
433combine multiple rules into a table when advantageous
434.It
435re-order the rules to improve evaluation performance
436.El
437.Pp
438.It Ar profile
439Uses the currently loaded ruleset as a feedback profile to tailor the
440ordering of quick rules to actual network traffic.
441.El
442.Pp
443It is important to note that the ruleset optimizer will modify the ruleset
444to improve performance.
445A side effect of the ruleset modification is that per-rule accounting
446statistics will have different meanings than before.
447If per-rule accounting is important for billing purposes or whatnot,
448either the ruleset optimizer should not be used or a label field should
449be added to all of the accounting rules to act as optimization barriers.
450.Pp
451Optimization can also be set as a command-line argument to
452.Xr pfctl 8 ,
453overriding the settings in
454.Nm .
455.It Ar set optimization
456Optimize state timeouts for one of the following network environments:
457.Pp
458.Bl -tag -width xxxx -compact
459.It Ar normal
460A normal network environment.
461Suitable for almost all networks.
462.It Ar high-latency
463A high-latency environment (such as a satellite connection).
464.It Ar satellite
465Alias for
466.Ar high-latency .
467.It Ar aggressive
468Aggressively expire connections.
469This can greatly reduce the memory usage of the firewall at the cost of
470dropping idle connections early.
471.It Ar conservative
472Extremely conservative settings.
473Avoid dropping legitimate connections at the
474expense of greater memory utilization (possibly much greater on a busy
475network) and slightly increased processor utilization.
476.El
477.Pp
478For example:
479.Bd -literal -offset indent
480set optimization aggressive
481.Ed
482.It Ar set block-policy
483The
484.Ar block-policy
485option sets the default behaviour for the packet
486.Ar block
487action:
488.Pp
489.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxx -compact
490.It Ar drop
491Packet is silently dropped.
492.It Ar return
493A TCP RST is returned for blocked TCP packets,
494an ICMP UNREACHABLE is returned for blocked UDP packets,
495and all other packets are silently dropped.
496.El
497.Pp
498For example:
499.Bd -literal -offset indent
500set block-policy return
501.Ed
502
503.It Ar set fail-policy
504The
505.Ar fail-policy
506option sets the behaviour of rules which should pass a packet but were unable to
507do so. This might happen when a nat or route-to rule uses an empty table as list
508of targets or if a rule fails to create state or source node.
509The following
510.Ar block
511actions are possible:
512.Pp
513.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxx -compact
514.It Ar drop
515Incoming packet is silently dropped.
516.It Ar return
517Incoming packet is dropped and TCP RST is returned for TCP packets,
518an ICMP UNREACHABLE is returned for UDP packets,
519and no response is sent for other packets.
520.El
521.Pp
522For example:
523.Bd -literal -offset indent
524set fail-policy return
525.Ed
526
527.It Ar set state-policy
528The
529.Ar state-policy
530option sets the default behaviour for states:
531.Pp
532.Bl -tag -width group-bound -compact
533.It Ar if-bound
534States are bound to interface.
535.It Ar floating
536States can match packets on any interfaces (the default).
537.El
538.Pp
539For example:
540.Bd -literal -offset indent
541set state-policy if-bound
542.Ed
543.It Ar set state-defaults
544The
545.Ar state-defaults
546option sets the state options for states created from rules
547without an explicit
548.Ar keep state .
549For example:
550.Bd -literal -offset indent
551set state-defaults no-sync
552.Ed
553.It Ar set hostid
554The 32-bit
555.Ar hostid
556identifies this firewall's state table entries to other firewalls
557in a
558.Xr pfsync 4
559failover cluster.
560By default the hostid is set to a pseudo-random value, however it may be
561desirable to manually configure it, for example to more easily identify the
562source of state table entries.
563.Bd -literal -offset indent
564set hostid 1
565.Ed
566.Pp
567The hostid may be specified in either decimal or hexadecimal.
568.It Ar set require-order
569By default
570.Xr pfctl 8
571enforces an ordering of the statement types in the ruleset to:
572.Em options ,
573.Em normalization ,
574.Em queueing ,
575.Em translation ,
576.Em filtering .
577Setting this option to
578.Ar no
579disables this enforcement.
580There may be non-trivial and non-obvious implications to an out of
581order ruleset.
582Consider carefully before disabling the order enforcement.
583.It Ar set fingerprints
584Load fingerprints of known operating systems from the given filename.
585By default fingerprints of known operating systems are automatically
586loaded from
587.Xr pf.os 5
588in
589.Pa /etc
590but can be overridden via this option.
591Setting this option may leave a small period of time where the fingerprints
592referenced by the currently active ruleset are inconsistent until the new
593ruleset finishes loading.
594.Pp
595For example:
596.Pp
597.Dl set fingerprints \&"/etc/pf.os.devel\&"
598.It Ar set skip on Aq Ar ifspec
599List interfaces for which packets should not be filtered.
600Packets passing in or out on such interfaces are passed as if pf was
601disabled, i.e. pf does not process them in any way.
602This can be useful on loopback and other virtual interfaces, when
603packet filtering is not desired and can have unexpected effects.
604For example:
605.Pp
606.Dl set skip on lo0
607.It Ar set debug
608Set the debug
609.Ar level
610to one of the following:
611.Pp
612.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxx -compact
613.It Ar none
614Don't generate debug messages.
615.It Ar urgent
616Generate debug messages only for serious errors.
617.It Ar misc
618Generate debug messages for various errors.
619.It Ar loud
620Generate debug messages for common conditions.
621.El
622.El
623.Sh TRAFFIC NORMALIZATION
624Traffic normalization is used to sanitize packet content in such
625a way that there are no ambiguities in packet interpretation on
626the receiving side.
627The normalizer does IP fragment reassembly to prevent attacks
628that confuse intrusion detection systems by sending overlapping
629IP fragments.
630Packet normalization is invoked with the
631.Ar scrub
632directive.
633.Pp
634.Ar scrub
635has the following options:
636.Bl -tag -width xxxx
637.It Ar no-df
638Clears the
639.Ar dont-fragment
640bit from a matching IP packet.
641Some operating systems are known to generate fragmented packets with the
642.Ar dont-fragment
643bit set.
644This is particularly true with NFS.
645.Ar Scrub
646will drop such fragmented
647.Ar dont-fragment
648packets unless
649.Ar no-df
650is specified.
651.Pp
652Unfortunately some operating systems also generate their
653.Ar dont-fragment
654packets with a zero IP identification field.
655Clearing the
656.Ar dont-fragment
657bit on packets with a zero IP ID may cause deleterious results if an
658upstream router later fragments the packet.
659Using the
660.Ar random-id
661modifier (see below) is recommended in combination with the
662.Ar no-df
663modifier to ensure unique IP identifiers.
664.It Ar min-ttl Aq Ar number
665Enforces a minimum TTL for matching IP packets.
666.It Ar max-mss Aq Ar number
667Enforces a maximum MSS for matching TCP packets.
668.It Xo Ar set-tos Aq Ar string
669.No \*(Ba Aq Ar number
670.Xc
671Enforces a
672.Em TOS
673for matching IP packets.
674.Em TOS
675may be
676given as one of
677.Ar critical ,
678.Ar inetcontrol ,
679.Ar lowdelay ,
680.Ar netcontrol ,
681.Ar throughput ,
682.Ar reliability ,
683or one of the DiffServ Code Points:
684.Ar ef ,
685.Ar af11 No ... Ar af43 ,
686.Ar cs0 No ... Ar cs7 ;
687or as either hex or decimal.
688.It Ar random-id
689Replaces the IP identification field with random values to compensate
690for predictable values generated by many hosts.
691This option only applies to packets that are not fragmented
692after the optional fragment reassembly.
693.It Ar fragment reassemble
694Using
695.Ar scrub
696rules, fragments can be reassembled by normalization.
697In this case, fragments are buffered until they form a complete
698packet, and only the completed packet is passed on to the filter.
699The advantage is that filter rules have to deal only with complete
700packets, and can ignore fragments.
701The drawback of caching fragments is the additional memory cost.
702.It Ar reassemble tcp
703Statefully normalizes TCP connections.
704.Ar scrub reassemble tcp
705rules may not have the direction (in/out) specified.
706.Ar reassemble tcp
707performs the following normalizations:
708.Pp
709.Bl -tag -width timeout -compact
710.It ttl
711Neither side of the connection is allowed to reduce their IP TTL.
712An attacker may send a packet such that it reaches the firewall, affects
713the firewall state, and expires before reaching the destination host.
714.Ar reassemble tcp
715will raise the TTL of all packets back up to the highest value seen on
716the connection.
717.It timestamp modulation
718Modern TCP stacks will send a timestamp on every TCP packet and echo
719the other endpoint's timestamp back to them.
720Many operating systems will merely start the timestamp at zero when
721first booted, and increment it several times a second.
722The uptime of the host can be deduced by reading the timestamp and multiplying
723by a constant.
724Also observing several different timestamps can be used to count hosts
725behind a NAT device.
726And spoofing TCP packets into a connection requires knowing or guessing
727valid timestamps.
728Timestamps merely need to be monotonically increasing and not derived off a
729guessable base time.
730.Ar reassemble tcp
731will cause
732.Ar scrub
733to modulate the TCP timestamps with a random number.
734.It extended PAWS checks
735There is a problem with TCP on long fat pipes, in that a packet might get
736delayed for longer than it takes the connection to wrap its 32-bit sequence
737space.
738In such an occurrence, the old packet would be indistinguishable from a
739new packet and would be accepted as such.
740The solution to this is called PAWS: Protection Against Wrapped Sequence
741numbers.
742It protects against it by making sure the timestamp on each packet does
743not go backwards.
744.Ar reassemble tcp
745also makes sure the timestamp on the packet does not go forward more
746than the RFC allows.
747By doing this,
748.Xr pf 4
749artificially extends the security of TCP sequence numbers by 10 to 18
750bits when the host uses appropriately randomized timestamps, since a
751blind attacker would have to guess the timestamp as well.
752.El
753.El
754.Pp
755For example,
756.Bd -literal -offset indent
757scrub in on $ext_if all fragment reassemble
758.Ed
759.Pp
760The
761.Ar no
762option prefixed to a scrub rule causes matching packets to remain unscrubbed,
763much in the same way as
764.Ar drop quick
765works in the packet filter (see below).
766This mechanism should be used when it is necessary to exclude specific packets
767from broader scrub rules.
768.Sh QUEUEING
769The ALTQ system is currently not available in the GENERIC kernel nor as
770loadable modules.
771In order to use the herein after called queueing options one has to use a
772custom built kernel.
773Please refer to
774.Xr altq 4
775to learn about the related kernel options.
776.Pp
777Packets can be assigned to queues for the purpose of bandwidth
778control.
779At least two declarations are required to configure queues, and later
780any packet filtering rule can reference the defined queues by name.
781During the filtering component of
782.Nm pf.conf ,
783the last referenced
784.Ar queue
785name is where any packets from
786.Ar pass
787rules will be queued, while for
788.Ar block
789rules it specifies where any resulting ICMP or TCP RST
790packets should be queued.
791The
792.Ar scheduler
793defines the algorithm used to decide which packets get delayed, dropped, or
794sent out immediately.
795There are three
796.Ar schedulers
797currently supported.
798.Bl -tag -width xxxx
799.It Ar cbq
800Class Based Queueing.
801.Ar Queues
802attached to an interface build a tree, thus each
803.Ar queue
804can have further child
805.Ar queues .
806Each queue can have a
807.Ar priority
808and a
809.Ar bandwidth
810assigned.
811.Ar Priority
812mainly controls the time packets take to get sent out, while
813.Ar bandwidth
814has primarily effects on throughput.
815.Ar cbq
816achieves both partitioning and sharing of link bandwidth
817by hierarchically structured classes.
818Each class has its own
819.Ar queue
820and is assigned its share of
821.Ar bandwidth .
822A child class can borrow bandwidth from its parent class
823as long as excess bandwidth is available
824(see the option
825.Ar borrow ,
826below).
827.It Ar priq
828Priority Queueing.
829.Ar Queues
830are flat attached to the interface, thus,
831.Ar queues
832cannot have further child
833.Ar queues .
834Each
835.Ar queue
836has a unique
837.Ar priority
838assigned, ranging from 0 to 15.
839Packets in the
840.Ar queue
841with the highest
842.Ar priority
843are processed first.
844.It Ar hfsc
845Hierarchical Fair Service Curve.
846.Ar Queues
847attached to an interface build a tree, thus each
848.Ar queue
849can have further child
850.Ar queues .
851Each queue can have a
852.Ar priority
853and a
854.Ar bandwidth
855assigned.
856.Ar Priority
857mainly controls the time packets take to get sent out, while
858.Ar bandwidth
859primarily affects throughput.
860.Ar hfsc
861supports both link-sharing and guaranteed real-time services.
862It employs a service curve based QoS model,
863and its unique feature is an ability to decouple
864.Ar delay
865and
866.Ar bandwidth
867allocation.
868.El
869.Pp
870The interfaces on which queueing should be activated are declared using
871the
872.Ar altq on
873declaration.
874.Ar altq on
875has the following keywords:
876.Bl -tag -width xxxx
877.It Aq Ar interface
878Queueing is enabled on the named interface.
879.It Aq Ar scheduler
880Specifies which queueing scheduler to use.
881Currently supported values
882are
883.Ar cbq
884for Class Based Queueing,
885.Ar priq
886for Priority Queueing and
887.Ar hfsc
888for the Hierarchical Fair Service Curve scheduler.
889.It Ar bandwidth Aq Ar bw
890The maximum bitrate for all queues on an
891interface may be specified using the
892.Ar bandwidth
893keyword.
894The value can be specified as an absolute value or as a
895percentage of the interface bandwidth.
896When using an absolute value, the suffixes
897.Ar b ,
898.Ar Kb ,
899.Ar Mb ,
900and
901.Ar Gb
902are used to represent bits, kilobits, megabits, and
903gigabits per second, respectively.
904The value must not exceed the interface bandwidth.
905If
906.Ar bandwidth
907is not specified, the interface bandwidth is used
908(but take note that some interfaces do not know their bandwidth,
909or can adapt their bandwidth rates).
910.It Ar qlimit Aq Ar limit
911The maximum number of packets held in the queue.
912The default is 50.
913.It Ar tbrsize Aq Ar size
914Adjusts the size, in bytes, of the token bucket regulator.
915If not specified, heuristics based on the
916interface bandwidth are used to determine the size.
917.It Ar queue Aq Ar list
918Defines a list of subqueues to create on an interface.
919.El
920.Pp
921In the following example, the interface dc0
922should queue up to 5Mbps in four second-level queues using
923Class Based Queueing.
924Those four queues will be shown in a later example.
925.Bd -literal -offset indent
926altq on dc0 cbq bandwidth 5Mb queue { std, http, mail, ssh }
927.Ed
928.Pp
929Once interfaces are activated for queueing using the
930.Ar altq
931directive, a sequence of
932.Ar queue
933directives may be defined.
934The name associated with a
935.Ar queue
936must match a queue defined in the
937.Ar altq
938directive (e.g. mail), or, except for the
939.Ar priq
940.Ar scheduler ,
941in a parent
942.Ar queue
943declaration.
944The following keywords can be used:
945.Bl -tag -width xxxx
946.It Ar on Aq Ar interface
947Specifies the interface the queue operates on.
948If not given, it operates on all matching interfaces.
949.It Ar bandwidth Aq Ar bw
950Specifies the maximum bitrate to be processed by the queue.
951This value must not exceed the value of the parent
952.Ar queue
953and can be specified as an absolute value or a percentage of the parent
954queue's bandwidth.
955If not specified, defaults to 100% of the parent queue's bandwidth.
956The
957.Ar priq
958scheduler does not support bandwidth specification.
959.It Ar priority Aq Ar level
960Between queues a priority level can be set.
961For
962.Ar cbq
963and
964.Ar hfsc ,
965the range is 0 to 7 and for
966.Ar priq ,
967the range is 0 to 15.
968The default for all is 1.
969.Ar Priq
970queues with a higher priority are always served first.
971.Ar Cbq
972and
973.Ar Hfsc
974queues with a higher priority are preferred in the case of overload.
975.It Ar qlimit Aq Ar limit
976The maximum number of packets held in the queue.
977The default is 50.
978.El
979.Pp
980The
981.Ar scheduler
982can get additional parameters with
983.Xo Aq Ar scheduler
984.Pf ( Aq Ar parameters ) .
985.Xc
986Parameters are as follows:
987.Bl -tag -width Fl
988.It Ar default
989Packets not matched by another queue are assigned to this one.
990Exactly one default queue is required.
991.It Ar red
992Enable RED (Random Early Detection) on this queue.
993RED drops packets with a probability proportional to the average
994queue length.
995.It Ar rio
996Enables RIO on this queue.
997RIO is RED with IN/OUT, thus running
998RED two times more than RIO would achieve the same effect.
999RIO is currently not supported in the GENERIC kernel.
1000.It Ar ecn
1001Enables ECN (Explicit Congestion Notification) on this queue.
1002ECN implies RED.
1003.El
1004.Pp
1005The
1006.Ar cbq
1007.Ar scheduler
1008supports an additional option:
1009.Bl -tag -width Fl
1010.It Ar borrow
1011The queue can borrow bandwidth from the parent.
1012.El
1013.Pp
1014The
1015.Ar hfsc
1016.Ar scheduler
1017supports some additional options:
1018.Bl -tag -width Fl
1019.It Ar realtime Aq Ar sc
1020The minimum required bandwidth for the queue.
1021.It Ar upperlimit Aq Ar sc
1022The maximum allowed bandwidth for the queue.
1023.It Ar linkshare Aq Ar sc
1024The bandwidth share of a backlogged queue.
1025.El
1026.Pp
1027.Aq Ar sc
1028is an acronym for
1029.Ar service curve .
1030.Pp
1031The format for service curve specifications is
1032.Ar ( m1 , d , m2 ) .
1033.Ar m2
1034controls the bandwidth assigned to the queue.
1035.Ar m1
1036and
1037.Ar d
1038are optional and can be used to control the initial bandwidth assignment.
1039For the first
1040.Ar d
1041milliseconds the queue gets the bandwidth given as
1042.Ar m1 ,
1043afterwards the value given in
1044.Ar m2 .
1045.Pp
1046Furthermore, with
1047.Ar cbq
1048and
1049.Ar hfsc ,
1050child queues can be specified as in an
1051.Ar altq
1052declaration, thus building a tree of queues using a part of
1053their parent's bandwidth.
1054.Pp
1055Packets can be assigned to queues based on filter rules by using the
1056.Ar queue
1057keyword.
1058Normally only one
1059.Ar queue
1060is specified; when a second one is specified it will instead be used for
1061packets which have a
1062.Em TOS
1063of
1064.Em lowdelay
1065and for TCP ACKs with no data payload.
1066.Pp
1067To continue the previous example, the examples below would specify the
1068four referenced
1069queues, plus a few child queues.
1070Interactive
1071.Xr ssh 1
1072sessions get priority over bulk transfers like
1073.Xr scp 1
1074and
1075.Xr sftp 1 .
1076The queues may then be referenced by filtering rules (see
1077.Sx PACKET FILTERING
1078below).
1079.Bd -literal
1080queue std bandwidth 10% cbq(default)
1081queue http bandwidth 60% priority 2 cbq(borrow red) \e
1082      { employees, developers }
1083queue  developers bandwidth 75% cbq(borrow)
1084queue  employees bandwidth 15%
1085queue mail bandwidth 10% priority 0 cbq(borrow ecn)
1086queue ssh bandwidth 20% cbq(borrow) { ssh_interactive, ssh_bulk }
1087queue  ssh_interactive bandwidth 50% priority 7 cbq(borrow)
1088queue  ssh_bulk bandwidth 50% priority 0 cbq(borrow)
1089
1090block return out on dc0 inet all queue std
1091pass out on dc0 inet proto tcp from $developerhosts to any port 80 \e
1092      queue developers
1093pass out on dc0 inet proto tcp from $employeehosts to any port 80 \e
1094      queue employees
1095pass out on dc0 inet proto tcp from any to any port 22 \e
1096      queue(ssh_bulk, ssh_interactive)
1097pass out on dc0 inet proto tcp from any to any port 25 \e
1098      queue mail
1099.Ed
1100.Sh TRANSLATION
1101Translation rules modify either the source or destination address of the
1102packets associated with a stateful connection.
1103A stateful connection is automatically created to track packets matching
1104such a rule as long as they are not blocked by the filtering section of
1105.Nm pf.conf .
1106The translation engine modifies the specified address and/or port in the
1107packet, recalculates IP, TCP and UDP checksums as necessary, and passes it to
1108the packet filter for evaluation.
1109.Pp
1110Since translation occurs before filtering the filter
1111engine will see packets as they look after any
1112addresses and ports have been translated.
1113Filter rules will therefore have to filter based on the translated
1114address and port number.
1115Packets that match a translation rule are only automatically passed if
1116the
1117.Ar pass
1118modifier is given, otherwise they are
1119still subject to
1120.Ar block
1121and
1122.Ar pass
1123rules.
1124.Pp
1125The state entry created permits
1126.Xr pf 4
1127to keep track of the original address for traffic associated with that state
1128and correctly direct return traffic for that connection.
1129.Pp
1130Various types of translation are possible with pf:
1131.Bl -tag -width xxxx
1132.It Ar binat
1133A
1134.Ar binat
1135rule specifies a bidirectional mapping between an external IP netblock
1136and an internal IP netblock.
1137.It Ar nat
1138A
1139.Ar nat
1140rule specifies that IP addresses are to be changed as the packet
1141traverses the given interface.
1142This technique allows one or more IP addresses
1143on the translating host to support network traffic for a larger range of
1144machines on an "inside" network.
1145Although in theory any IP address can be used on the inside, it is strongly
1146recommended that one of the address ranges defined by RFC 1918 be used.
1147These netblocks are:
1148.Bd -literal
114910.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255 (all of net 10, i.e., 10/8)
1150172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255 (i.e., 172.16/12)
1151192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255 (i.e., 192.168/16)
1152.Ed
1153.It Pa rdr
1154The packet is redirected to another destination and possibly a
1155different port.
1156.Ar rdr
1157rules can optionally specify port ranges instead of single ports.
1158rdr ... port 2000:2999 -\*(Gt ... port 4000
1159redirects ports 2000 to 2999 (inclusive) to port 4000.
1160rdr ... port 2000:2999 -\*(Gt ... port 4000:*
1161redirects port 2000 to 4000, 2001 to 4001, ..., 2999 to 4999.
1162.El
1163.Pp
1164In addition to modifying the address, some translation rules may modify
1165source or destination ports for
1166.Xr tcp 4
1167or
1168.Xr udp 4
1169connections; implicitly in the case of
1170.Ar nat
1171rules and explicitly in the case of
1172.Ar rdr
1173rules.
1174Port numbers are never translated with a
1175.Ar binat
1176rule.
1177.Pp
1178Evaluation order of the translation rules is dependent on the type
1179of the translation rules and of the direction of a packet.
1180.Ar binat
1181rules are always evaluated first.
1182Then either the
1183.Ar rdr
1184rules are evaluated on an inbound packet or the
1185.Ar nat
1186rules on an outbound packet.
1187Rules of the same type are evaluated in the same order in which they
1188appear in the ruleset.
1189The first matching rule decides what action is taken.
1190.Pp
1191The
1192.Ar no
1193option prefixed to a translation rule causes packets to remain untranslated,
1194much in the same way as
1195.Ar drop quick
1196works in the packet filter (see below).
1197If no rule matches the packet it is passed to the filter engine unmodified.
1198.Pp
1199Translation rules apply only to packets that pass through
1200the specified interface, and if no interface is specified,
1201translation is applied to packets on all interfaces.
1202For instance, redirecting port 80 on an external interface to an internal
1203web server will only work for connections originating from the outside.
1204Connections to the address of the external interface from local hosts will
1205not be redirected, since such packets do not actually pass through the
1206external interface.
1207Redirections cannot reflect packets back through the interface they arrive
1208on, they can only be redirected to hosts connected to different interfaces
1209or to the firewall itself.
1210.Pp
1211Note that redirecting external incoming connections to the loopback
1212address, as in
1213.Bd -literal -offset indent
1214rdr on ne3 inet proto tcp to port smtp -\*(Gt 127.0.0.1 port spamd
1215.Ed
1216.Pp
1217will effectively allow an external host to connect to daemons
1218bound solely to the loopback address, circumventing the traditional
1219blocking of such connections on a real interface.
1220Unless this effect is desired, any of the local non-loopback addresses
1221should be used as redirection target instead, which allows external
1222connections only to daemons bound to this address or not bound to
1223any address.
1224.Pp
1225See
1226.Sx TRANSLATION EXAMPLES
1227below.
1228.Sh PACKET FILTERING
1229.Xr pf 4
1230has the ability to
1231.Ar block
1232and
1233.Ar pass
1234packets based on attributes of their layer 3 (see
1235.Xr ip 4
1236and
1237.Xr ip6 4 )
1238and layer 4 (see
1239.Xr icmp 4 ,
1240.Xr icmp6 4 ,
1241.Xr tcp 4 ,
1242.Xr udp 4 )
1243headers.
1244In addition, packets may also be
1245assigned to queues for the purpose of bandwidth control.
1246.Pp
1247For each packet processed by the packet filter, the filter rules are
1248evaluated in sequential order, from first to last.
1249The last matching rule decides what action is taken.
1250If no rule matches the packet, the default action is to pass
1251the packet.
1252.Pp
1253The following actions can be used in the filter:
1254.Bl -tag -width xxxx
1255.It Ar block
1256The packet is blocked.
1257There are a number of ways in which a
1258.Ar block
1259rule can behave when blocking a packet.
1260The default behaviour is to
1261.Ar drop
1262packets silently, however this can be overridden or made
1263explicit either globally, by setting the
1264.Ar block-policy
1265option, or on a per-rule basis with one of the following options:
1266.Pp
1267.Bl -tag -width xxxx -compact
1268.It Ar drop
1269The packet is silently dropped.
1270.It Ar return-rst
1271This applies only to
1272.Xr tcp 4
1273packets, and issues a TCP RST which closes the
1274connection.
1275.It Ar return-icmp
1276.It Ar return-icmp6
1277This causes ICMP messages to be returned for packets which match the rule.
1278By default this is an ICMP UNREACHABLE message, however this
1279can be overridden by specifying a message as a code or number.
1280.It Ar return
1281This causes a TCP RST to be returned for
1282.Xr tcp 4
1283packets and an ICMP UNREACHABLE for UDP and other packets.
1284.El
1285.Pp
1286Options returning ICMP packets currently have no effect if
1287.Xr pf 4
1288operates on a
1289.Xr if_bridge 4 ,
1290as the code to support this feature has not yet been implemented.
1291.Pp
1292The simplest mechanism to block everything by default and only pass
1293packets that match explicit rules is specify a first filter rule of:
1294.Bd -literal -offset indent
1295block all
1296.Ed
1297.It Ar pass
1298The packet is passed;
1299state is created unless the
1300.Ar no state
1301option is specified.
1302.El
1303.Pp
1304By default
1305.Xr pf 4
1306filters packets statefully; the first time a packet matches a
1307.Ar pass
1308rule, a state entry is created; for subsequent packets the filter checks
1309whether the packet matches any state.
1310If it does, the packet is passed without evaluation of any rules.
1311After the connection is closed or times out, the state entry is automatically
1312removed.
1313.Pp
1314This has several advantages.
1315For TCP connections, comparing a packet to a state involves checking
1316its sequence numbers, as well as TCP timestamps if a
1317.Ar scrub reassemble tcp
1318rule applies to the connection.
1319If these values are outside the narrow windows of expected
1320values, the packet is dropped.
1321This prevents spoofing attacks, such as when an attacker sends packets with
1322a fake source address/port but does not know the connection's sequence
1323numbers.
1324Similarly,
1325.Xr pf 4
1326knows how to match ICMP replies to states.
1327For example,
1328.Bd -literal -offset indent
1329pass out inet proto icmp all icmp-type echoreq
1330.Ed
1331.Pp
1332allows echo requests (such as those created by
1333.Xr ping 8 )
1334out statefully, and matches incoming echo replies correctly to states.
1335.Pp
1336Also, looking up states is usually faster than evaluating rules.
1337If there are 50 rules, all of them are evaluated sequentially in O(n).
1338Even with 50000 states, only 16 comparisons are needed to match a
1339state, since states are stored in a binary search tree that allows
1340searches in O(log2 n).
1341.Pp
1342Furthermore, correct handling of ICMP error messages is critical to
1343many protocols, particularly TCP.
1344.Xr pf 4
1345matches ICMP error messages to the correct connection, checks them against
1346connection parameters, and passes them if appropriate.
1347For example if an ICMP source quench message referring to a stateful TCP
1348connection arrives, it will be matched to the state and get passed.
1349.Pp
1350Finally, state tracking is required for
1351.Ar nat , binat No and Ar rdr
1352rules, in order to track address and port translations and reverse the
1353translation on returning packets.
1354.Pp
1355.Xr pf 4
1356will also create state for other protocols which are effectively stateless by
1357nature.
1358UDP packets are matched to states using only host addresses and ports,
1359and other protocols are matched to states using only the host addresses.
1360.Pp
1361If stateless filtering of individual packets is desired,
1362the
1363.Ar no state
1364keyword can be used to specify that state will not be created
1365if this is the last matching rule.
1366A number of parameters can also be set to affect how
1367.Xr pf 4
1368handles state tracking.
1369See
1370.Sx STATEFUL TRACKING OPTIONS
1371below for further details.
1372.Sh PARAMETERS
1373The rule parameters specify the packets to which a rule applies.
1374A packet always comes in on, or goes out through, one interface.
1375Most parameters are optional.
1376If a parameter is specified, the rule only applies to packets with
1377matching attributes.
1378Certain parameters can be expressed as lists, in which case
1379.Xr pfctl 8
1380generates all needed rule combinations.
1381.Bl -tag -width xxxx
1382.It Ar in No or Ar out
1383This rule applies to incoming or outgoing packets.
1384If neither
1385.Ar in
1386nor
1387.Ar out
1388are specified, the rule will match packets in both directions.
1389.It Ar log
1390In addition to the action specified, a log message is generated.
1391Only the packet that establishes the state is logged,
1392unless the
1393.Ar no state
1394option is specified.
1395The logged packets are sent to a
1396.Xr pflog 4
1397interface, by default
1398.Ar pflog0 .
1399This interface is monitored by the
1400.Xr pflogd 8
1401logging daemon, which dumps the logged packets to the file
1402.Pa /var/log/pflog
1403in
1404.Xr pcap 3
1405binary format.
1406.It Ar log (all)
1407Used to force logging of all packets for a connection.
1408This is not necessary when
1409.Ar no state
1410is explicitly specified.
1411As with
1412.Ar log ,
1413packets are logged to
1414.Xr pflog 4 .
1415.It Ar log (user)
1416Logs the
1417.Ux
1418user ID of the user that owns the socket and the PID of the process that
1419has the socket open where the packet is sourced from or destined to
1420(depending on which socket is local).
1421This is in addition to the normal information logged.
1422.Pp
1423Only the first packet
1424logged via
1425.Ar log (all, user)
1426will have the user credentials logged when using stateful matching.
1427.It Ar log (to Aq Ar interface )
1428Send logs to the specified
1429.Xr pflog 4
1430interface instead of
1431.Ar pflog0 .
1432.It Ar quick
1433If a packet matches a rule which has the
1434.Ar quick
1435option set, this rule
1436is considered the last matching rule, and evaluation of subsequent rules
1437is skipped.
1438.It Ar on Aq Ar interface
1439This rule applies only to packets coming in on, or going out through, this
1440particular interface or interface group.
1441For more information on interface groups,
1442see the
1443.Ic group
1444keyword in
1445.Xr ifconfig 8 .
1446.It Aq Ar af
1447This rule applies only to packets of this address family.
1448Supported values are
1449.Ar inet
1450and
1451.Ar inet6 .
1452.It Ar proto Aq Ar protocol
1453This rule applies only to packets of this protocol.
1454Common protocols are
1455.Xr icmp 4 ,
1456.Xr icmp6 4 ,
1457.Xr tcp 4 ,
1458and
1459.Xr udp 4 .
1460For a list of all the protocol name to number mappings used by
1461.Xr pfctl 8 ,
1462see the file
1463.Pa /etc/protocols .
1464.It Xo
1465.Ar from Aq Ar source
1466.Ar port Aq Ar source
1467.Ar os Aq Ar source
1468.Ar to Aq Ar dest
1469.Ar port Aq Ar dest
1470.Xc
1471This rule applies only to packets with the specified source and destination
1472addresses and ports.
1473.Pp
1474Addresses can be specified in CIDR notation (matching netblocks), as
1475symbolic host names, interface names or interface group names, or as any
1476of the following keywords:
1477.Pp
1478.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -compact
1479.It Ar any
1480Any address.
1481.It Ar no-route
1482Any address which is not currently routable.
1483.It Ar urpf-failed
1484Any source address that fails a unicast reverse path forwarding (URPF)
1485check, i.e. packets coming in on an interface other than that which holds
1486the route back to the packet's source address.
1487.It Aq Ar table
1488Any address that matches the given table.
1489.El
1490.Pp
1491Ranges of addresses are specified by using the
1492.Sq -
1493operator.
1494For instance:
1495.Dq 10.1.1.10 - 10.1.1.12
1496means all addresses from 10.1.1.10 to 10.1.1.12,
1497hence addresses 10.1.1.10, 10.1.1.11, and 10.1.1.12.
1498.Pp
1499Interface names and interface group names can have modifiers appended:
1500.Pp
1501.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxx -compact
1502.It Ar :network
1503Translates to the network(s) attached to the interface.
1504.It Ar :broadcast
1505Translates to the interface's broadcast address(es).
1506.It Ar :peer
1507Translates to the point-to-point interface's peer address(es).
1508.It Ar :0
1509Do not include interface aliases.
1510.El
1511.Pp
1512Host names may also have the
1513.Ar :0
1514option appended to restrict the name resolution to the first of each
1515v4 and non-link-local v6 address found.
1516.Pp
1517Host name resolution and interface to address translation are done at
1518ruleset load-time.
1519When the address of an interface (or host name) changes (under DHCP or PPP,
1520for instance), the ruleset must be reloaded for the change to be reflected
1521in the kernel.
1522Surrounding the interface name (and optional modifiers) in parentheses
1523changes this behaviour.
1524When the interface name is surrounded by parentheses, the rule is
1525automatically updated whenever the interface changes its address.
1526The ruleset does not need to be reloaded.
1527This is especially useful with
1528.Ar nat .
1529.Pp
1530Ports can be specified either by number or by name.
1531For example, port 80 can be specified as
1532.Em www .
1533For a list of all port name to number mappings used by
1534.Xr pfctl 8 ,
1535see the file
1536.Pa /etc/services .
1537.Pp
1538Ports and ranges of ports are specified by using these operators:
1539.Bd -literal -offset indent
1540=	(equal)
1541!=	(unequal)
1542\*(Lt	(less than)
1543\*(Le	(less than or equal)
1544\*(Gt	(greater than)
1545\*(Ge	(greater than or equal)
1546:	(range including boundaries)
1547\*(Gt\*(Lt	(range excluding boundaries)
1548\*(Lt\*(Gt	(except range)
1549.Ed
1550.Pp
1551.Sq \*(Gt\*(Lt ,
1552.Sq \*(Lt\*(Gt
1553and
1554.Sq \&:
1555are binary operators (they take two arguments).
1556For instance:
1557.Bl -tag -width Fl
1558.It Ar port 2000:2004
1559means
1560.Sq all ports \*(Ge 2000 and \*(Le 2004 ,
1561hence ports 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004.
1562.It Ar port 2000 \*(Gt\*(Lt 2004
1563means
1564.Sq all ports \*(Gt 2000 and \*(Lt 2004 ,
1565hence ports 2001, 2002 and 2003.
1566.It Ar port 2000 \*(Lt\*(Gt 2004
1567means
1568.Sq all ports \*(Lt 2000 or \*(Gt 2004 ,
1569hence ports 1-1999 and 2005-65535.
1570.El
1571.Pp
1572The operating system of the source host can be specified in the case of TCP
1573rules with the
1574.Ar OS
1575modifier.
1576See the
1577.Sx OPERATING SYSTEM FINGERPRINTING
1578section for more information.
1579.Pp
1580The host, port and OS specifications are optional, as in the following examples:
1581.Bd -literal -offset indent
1582pass in all
1583pass in from any to any
1584pass in proto tcp from any port \*(Le 1024 to any
1585pass in proto tcp from any to any port 25
1586pass in proto tcp from 10.0.0.0/8 port \*(Gt 1024 \e
1587      to ! 10.1.2.3 port != ssh
1588pass in proto tcp from any os "OpenBSD"
1589.Ed
1590.It Ar all
1591This is equivalent to "from any to any".
1592.It Ar group Aq Ar group
1593Similar to
1594.Ar user ,
1595this rule only applies to packets of sockets owned by the specified group.
1596.It Ar user Aq Ar user
1597This rule only applies to packets of sockets owned by the specified user.
1598For outgoing connections initiated from the firewall, this is the user
1599that opened the connection.
1600For incoming connections to the firewall itself, this is the user that
1601listens on the destination port.
1602For forwarded connections, where the firewall is not a connection endpoint,
1603the user and group are
1604.Em unknown .
1605.Pp
1606All packets, both outgoing and incoming, of one connection are associated
1607with the same user and group.
1608Only TCP and UDP packets can be associated with users; for other protocols
1609these parameters are ignored.
1610.Pp
1611User and group refer to the effective (as opposed to the real) IDs, in
1612case the socket is created by a setuid/setgid process.
1613User and group IDs are stored when a socket is created;
1614when a process creates a listening socket as root (for instance, by
1615binding to a privileged port) and subsequently changes to another
1616user ID (to drop privileges), the credentials will remain root.
1617.Pp
1618User and group IDs can be specified as either numbers or names.
1619The syntax is similar to the one for ports.
1620The value
1621.Em unknown
1622matches packets of forwarded connections.
1623.Em unknown
1624can only be used with the operators
1625.Cm =
1626and
1627.Cm != .
1628Other constructs like
1629.Cm user \*(Ge unknown
1630are invalid.
1631Forwarded packets with unknown user and group ID match only rules
1632that explicitly compare against
1633.Em unknown
1634with the operators
1635.Cm =
1636or
1637.Cm != .
1638For instance
1639.Cm user \*(Ge 0
1640does not match forwarded packets.
1641The following example allows only selected users to open outgoing
1642connections:
1643.Bd -literal -offset indent
1644block out proto { tcp, udp } all
1645pass  out proto { tcp, udp } all user { \*(Lt 1000, dhartmei }
1646.Ed
1647.It Xo Ar flags Aq Ar a
1648.Pf / Ns Aq Ar b
1649.No \*(Ba / Ns Aq Ar b
1650.No \*(Ba any
1651.Xc
1652This rule only applies to TCP packets that have the flags
1653.Aq Ar a
1654set out of set
1655.Aq Ar b .
1656Flags not specified in
1657.Aq Ar b
1658are ignored.
1659For stateful connections, the default is
1660.Ar flags S/SA .
1661To indicate that flags should not be checked at all, specify
1662.Ar flags any .
1663The flags are: (F)IN, (S)YN, (R)ST, (P)USH, (A)CK, (U)RG, (E)CE, and C(W)R.
1664.Bl -tag -width Fl
1665.It Ar flags S/S
1666Flag SYN is set.
1667The other flags are ignored.
1668.It Ar flags S/SA
1669This is the default setting for stateful connections.
1670Out of SYN and ACK, exactly SYN may be set.
1671SYN, SYN+PSH and SYN+RST match, but SYN+ACK, ACK and ACK+RST do not.
1672This is more restrictive than the previous example.
1673.It Ar flags /SFRA
1674If the first set is not specified, it defaults to none.
1675All of SYN, FIN, RST and ACK must be unset.
1676.El
1677.Pp
1678Because
1679.Ar flags S/SA
1680is applied by default (unless
1681.Ar no state
1682is specified), only the initial SYN packet of a TCP handshake will create
1683a state for a TCP connection.
1684It is possible to be less restrictive, and allow state creation from
1685intermediate
1686.Pq non-SYN
1687packets, by specifying
1688.Ar flags any .
1689This will cause
1690.Xr pf 4
1691to synchronize to existing connections, for instance
1692if one flushes the state table.
1693However, states created from such intermediate packets may be missing
1694connection details such as the TCP window scaling factor.
1695States which modify the packet flow, such as those affected by
1696.Ar nat , binat No or Ar rdr
1697rules,
1698.Ar modulate No or Ar synproxy state
1699options, or scrubbed with
1700.Ar reassemble tcp
1701will also not be recoverable from intermediate packets.
1702Such connections will stall and time out.
1703.It Xo Ar icmp-type Aq Ar type
1704.Ar code Aq Ar code
1705.Xc
1706.It Xo Ar icmp6-type Aq Ar type
1707.Ar code Aq Ar code
1708.Xc
1709This rule only applies to ICMP or ICMPv6 packets with the specified type
1710and code.
1711Text names for ICMP types and codes are listed in
1712.Xr icmp 4
1713and
1714.Xr icmp6 4 .
1715This parameter is only valid for rules that cover protocols ICMP or
1716ICMP6.
1717The protocol and the ICMP type indicator
1718.Po
1719.Ar icmp-type
1720or
1721.Ar icmp6-type
1722.Pc
1723must match.
1724.It Xo Ar tos Aq Ar string
1725.No \*(Ba Aq Ar number
1726.Xc
1727This rule applies to packets with the specified
1728.Em TOS
1729bits set.
1730.Em TOS
1731may be
1732given as one of
1733.Ar critical ,
1734.Ar inetcontrol ,
1735.Ar lowdelay ,
1736.Ar netcontrol ,
1737.Ar throughput ,
1738.Ar reliability ,
1739or one of the DiffServ Code Points:
1740.Ar ef ,
1741.Ar af11 No ... Ar af43 ,
1742.Ar cs0 No ... Ar cs7 ;
1743or as either hex or decimal.
1744.Pp
1745For example, the following rules are identical:
1746.Bd -literal -offset indent
1747pass all tos lowdelay
1748pass all tos 0x10
1749pass all tos 16
1750.Ed
1751.It Ar allow-opts
1752By default, IPv4 packets with IP options or IPv6 packets with routing
1753extension headers are blocked.
1754When
1755.Ar allow-opts
1756is specified for a
1757.Ar pass
1758rule, packets that pass the filter based on that rule (last matching)
1759do so even if they contain IP options or routing extension headers.
1760For packets that match state, the rule that initially created the
1761state is used.
1762The implicit
1763.Ar pass
1764rule that is used when a packet does not match any rules does not
1765allow IP options.
1766.It Ar label Aq Ar string
1767Adds a label (name) to the rule, which can be used to identify the rule.
1768For instance,
1769pfctl -s labels
1770shows per-rule statistics for rules that have labels.
1771.Pp
1772The following macros can be used in labels:
1773.Pp
1774.Bl -tag -width $srcaddr -compact -offset indent
1775.It Ar $if
1776The interface.
1777.It Ar $srcaddr
1778The source IP address.
1779.It Ar $dstaddr
1780The destination IP address.
1781.It Ar $srcport
1782The source port specification.
1783.It Ar $dstport
1784The destination port specification.
1785.It Ar $proto
1786The protocol name.
1787.It Ar $nr
1788The rule number.
1789.El
1790.Pp
1791For example:
1792.Bd -literal -offset indent
1793ips = \&"{ 1.2.3.4, 1.2.3.5 }\&"
1794pass in proto tcp from any to $ips \e
1795      port \*(Gt 1023 label \&"$dstaddr:$dstport\&"
1796.Ed
1797.Pp
1798expands to
1799.Bd -literal -offset indent
1800pass in inet proto tcp from any to 1.2.3.4 \e
1801      port \*(Gt 1023 label \&"1.2.3.4:\*(Gt1023\&"
1802pass in inet proto tcp from any to 1.2.3.5 \e
1803      port \*(Gt 1023 label \&"1.2.3.5:\*(Gt1023\&"
1804.Ed
1805.Pp
1806The macro expansion for the
1807.Ar label
1808directive occurs only at configuration file parse time, not during runtime.
1809.It Xo Ar queue Aq Ar queue
1810.No \*(Ba ( Aq Ar queue ,
1811.Aq Ar queue )
1812.Xc
1813Packets matching this rule will be assigned to the specified queue.
1814If two queues are given, packets which have a
1815.Em TOS
1816of
1817.Em lowdelay
1818and TCP ACKs with no data payload will be assigned to the second one.
1819See
1820.Sx QUEUEING
1821for setup details.
1822.Pp
1823For example:
1824.Bd -literal -offset indent
1825pass in proto tcp to port 25 queue mail
1826pass in proto tcp to port 22 queue(ssh_bulk, ssh_prio)
1827.Ed
1828.Pp
1829.It Cm set prio Ar priority | Pq Ar priority , priority
1830Packets matching this rule will be assigned a specific queueing priority.
1831Priorities are assigned as integers 0 through 7.
1832If the packet is transmitted on a
1833.Xr vlan 4
1834interface, the queueing priority will be written as the priority
1835code point in the 802.1Q VLAN header.
1836If two priorities are given, packets which have a TOS of
1837.Cm lowdelay
1838and TCP ACKs with no data payload will be assigned to the second one.
1839.Pp
1840For example:
1841.Bd -literal -offset indent
1842pass in proto tcp to port 25 set prio 2
1843pass in proto tcp to port 22 set prio (2, 5)
1844.Ed
1845.Pp
1846.It Ar tag Aq Ar string
1847Packets matching this rule will be tagged with the
1848specified string.
1849The tag acts as an internal marker that can be used to
1850identify these packets later on.
1851This can be used, for example, to provide trust between
1852interfaces and to determine if packets have been
1853processed by translation rules.
1854Tags are
1855.Qq sticky ,
1856meaning that the packet will be tagged even if the rule
1857is not the last matching rule.
1858Further matching rules can replace the tag with a
1859new one but will not remove a previously applied tag.
1860A packet is only ever assigned one tag at a time.
1861Packet tagging can be done during
1862.Ar nat ,
1863.Ar rdr ,
1864or
1865.Ar binat
1866rules in addition to filter rules.
1867Tags take the same macros as labels (see above).
1868.It Ar tagged Aq Ar string
1869Used with filter, translation or scrub rules
1870to specify that packets must already
1871be tagged with the given tag in order to match the rule.
1872Inverse tag matching can also be done
1873by specifying the
1874.Cm !\&
1875operator before the
1876.Ar tagged
1877keyword.
1878.It Ar rtable Aq Ar number
1879Used to select an alternate routing table for the routing lookup.
1880Only effective before the route lookup happened, i.e. when filtering inbound.
1881.It Xo Ar divert-to Aq Ar host
1882.Ar port Aq Ar port
1883.Xc
1884Used to redirect packets to a local socket bound to
1885.Ar host
1886and
1887.Ar port .
1888The packets will not be modified, so
1889.Xr getsockname 2
1890on the socket will return the original destination address of the packet.
1891.It Ar divert-reply
1892Used to receive replies for sockets that are bound to addresses
1893which are not local to the machine.
1894See
1895.Xr setsockopt 2
1896for information on how to bind these sockets.
1897.It Ar probability Aq Ar number
1898A probability attribute can be attached to a rule, with a value set between
18990 and 1, bounds not included.
1900In that case, the rule will be honoured using the given probability value
1901only.
1902For example, the following rule will drop 20% of incoming ICMP packets:
1903.Bd -literal -offset indent
1904block in proto icmp probability 20%
1905.Ed
1906.It Ar prio Aq Ar number
1907Only match packets which have the given queueing priority assigned.
1908.Pp
1909.El
1910.Sh ROUTING
1911If a packet matches a rule with a route option set, the packet filter will
1912route the packet according to the type of route option.
1913When such a rule creates state, the route option is also applied to all
1914packets matching the same connection.
1915.Bl -tag -width xxxx
1916.It Ar route-to
1917The
1918.Ar route-to
1919option routes the packet to the specified interface with an optional address
1920for the next hop.
1921When a
1922.Ar route-to
1923rule creates state, only packets that pass in the same direction as the
1924filter rule specifies will be routed in this way.
1925Packets passing in the opposite direction (replies) are not affected
1926and are routed normally.
1927.It Ar reply-to
1928The
1929.Ar reply-to
1930option is similar to
1931.Ar route-to ,
1932but routes packets that pass in the opposite direction (replies) to the
1933specified interface.
1934Opposite direction is only defined in the context of a state entry, and
1935.Ar reply-to
1936is useful only in rules that create state.
1937It can be used on systems with multiple external connections to
1938route all outgoing packets of a connection through the interface
1939the incoming connection arrived through (symmetric routing enforcement).
1940.It Ar dup-to
1941The
1942.Ar dup-to
1943option creates a duplicate of the packet and routes it like
1944.Ar route-to .
1945The original packet gets routed as it normally would.
1946.El
1947.Sh POOL OPTIONS
1948For
1949.Ar nat
1950and
1951.Ar rdr
1952rules, (as well as for the
1953.Ar route-to ,
1954.Ar reply-to
1955and
1956.Ar dup-to
1957rule options) for which there is a single redirection address which has a
1958subnet mask smaller than 32 for IPv4 or 128 for IPv6 (more than one IP
1959address), a variety of different methods for assigning this address can be
1960used:
1961.Bl -tag -width xxxx
1962.It Ar bitmask
1963The
1964.Ar bitmask
1965option applies the network portion of the redirection address to the address
1966to be modified (source with
1967.Ar nat ,
1968destination with
1969.Ar rdr ) .
1970.It Ar random
1971The
1972.Ar random
1973option selects an address at random within the defined block of addresses.
1974.It Ar source-hash
1975The
1976.Ar source-hash
1977option uses a hash of the source address to determine the redirection address,
1978ensuring that the redirection address is always the same for a given source.
1979An optional key can be specified after this keyword either in hex or as a
1980string; by default
1981.Xr pfctl 8
1982randomly generates a key for source-hash every time the
1983ruleset is reloaded.
1984.It Ar round-robin
1985The
1986.Ar round-robin
1987option loops through the redirection address(es).
1988.Pp
1989When more than one redirection address is specified,
1990.Ar round-robin
1991is the only permitted pool type.
1992.It Ar static-port
1993With
1994.Ar nat
1995rules, the
1996.Ar static-port
1997option prevents
1998.Xr pf 4
1999from modifying the source port on TCP and UDP packets.
2000.El
2001.Pp
2002Additionally, the
2003.Ar sticky-address
2004option can be specified to help ensure that multiple connections from the
2005same source are mapped to the same redirection address.
2006This option can be used with the
2007.Ar random
2008and
2009.Ar round-robin
2010pool options.
2011Note that by default these associations are destroyed as soon as there are
2012no longer states which refer to them; in order to make the mappings last
2013beyond the lifetime of the states, increase the global options with
2014.Ar set timeout src.track .
2015See
2016.Sx STATEFUL TRACKING OPTIONS
2017for more ways to control the source tracking.
2018.Sh STATE MODULATION
2019Much of the security derived from TCP is attributable to how well the
2020initial sequence numbers (ISNs) are chosen.
2021Some popular stack implementations choose
2022.Em very
2023poor ISNs and thus are normally susceptible to ISN prediction exploits.
2024By applying a
2025.Ar modulate state
2026rule to a TCP connection,
2027.Xr pf 4
2028will create a high quality random sequence number for each connection
2029endpoint.
2030.Pp
2031The
2032.Ar modulate state
2033directive implicitly keeps state on the rule and is
2034only applicable to TCP connections.
2035.Pp
2036For instance:
2037.Bd -literal -offset indent
2038block all
2039pass out proto tcp from any to any modulate state
2040pass in  proto tcp from any to any port 25 flags S/SFRA modulate state
2041.Ed
2042.Pp
2043Note that modulated connections will not recover when the state table
2044is lost (firewall reboot, flushing the state table, etc...).
2045.Xr pf 4
2046will not be able to infer a connection again after the state table flushes
2047the connection's modulator.
2048When the state is lost, the connection may be left dangling until the
2049respective endpoints time out the connection.
2050It is possible on a fast local network for the endpoints to start an ACK
2051storm while trying to resynchronize after the loss of the modulator.
2052The default
2053.Ar flags
2054settings (or a more strict equivalent) should be used on
2055.Ar modulate state
2056rules to prevent ACK storms.
2057.Pp
2058Note that alternative methods are available
2059to prevent loss of the state table
2060and allow for firewall failover.
2061See
2062.Xr carp 4
2063and
2064.Xr pfsync 4
2065for further information.
2066.Sh SYN PROXY
2067By default,
2068.Xr pf 4
2069passes packets that are part of a
2070.Xr tcp 4
2071handshake between the endpoints.
2072The
2073.Ar synproxy state
2074option can be used to cause
2075.Xr pf 4
2076itself to complete the handshake with the active endpoint, perform a handshake
2077with the passive endpoint, and then forward packets between the endpoints.
2078.Pp
2079No packets are sent to the passive endpoint before the active endpoint has
2080completed the handshake, hence so-called SYN floods with spoofed source
2081addresses will not reach the passive endpoint, as the sender can't complete the
2082handshake.
2083.Pp
2084The proxy is transparent to both endpoints, they each see a single
2085connection from/to the other endpoint.
2086.Xr pf 4
2087chooses random initial sequence numbers for both handshakes.
2088Once the handshakes are completed, the sequence number modulators
2089(see previous section) are used to translate further packets of the
2090connection.
2091.Ar synproxy state
2092includes
2093.Ar modulate state .
2094.Pp
2095Rules with
2096.Ar synproxy
2097will not work if
2098.Xr pf 4
2099operates on a
2100.Xr bridge 4 .
2101.Pp
2102Example:
2103.Bd -literal -offset indent
2104pass in proto tcp from any to any port www synproxy state
2105.Ed
2106.Sh STATEFUL TRACKING OPTIONS
2107A number of options related to stateful tracking can be applied on a
2108per-rule basis.
2109.Ar keep state ,
2110.Ar modulate state
2111and
2112.Ar synproxy state
2113support these options, and
2114.Ar keep state
2115must be specified explicitly to apply options to a rule.
2116.Pp
2117.Bl -tag -width xxxx -compact
2118.It Ar max Aq Ar number
2119Limits the number of concurrent states the rule may create.
2120When this limit is reached, further packets that would create
2121state will not match this rule until existing states time out.
2122.It Ar no-sync
2123Prevent state changes for states created by this rule from appearing on the
2124.Xr pfsync 4
2125interface.
2126.It Xo Aq Ar timeout
2127.Aq Ar seconds
2128.Xc
2129Changes the timeout values used for states created by this rule.
2130For a list of all valid timeout names, see
2131.Sx OPTIONS
2132above.
2133.It Ar sloppy
2134Uses a sloppy TCP connection tracker that does not check sequence
2135numbers at all, which makes insertion and ICMP teardown attacks way
2136easier.
2137This is intended to be used in situations where one does not see all
2138packets of a connection, e.g. in asymmetric routing situations.
2139Cannot be used with modulate or synproxy state.
2140.El
2141.Pp
2142Multiple options can be specified, separated by commas:
2143.Bd -literal -offset indent
2144pass in proto tcp from any to any \e
2145      port www keep state \e
2146      (max 100, source-track rule, max-src-nodes 75, \e
2147      max-src-states 3, tcp.established 60, tcp.closing 5)
2148.Ed
2149.Pp
2150When the
2151.Ar source-track
2152keyword is specified, the number of states per source IP is tracked.
2153.Pp
2154.Bl -tag -width xxxx -compact
2155.It Ar source-track rule
2156The maximum number of states created by this rule is limited by the rule's
2157.Ar max-src-nodes
2158and
2159.Ar max-src-states
2160options.
2161Only state entries created by this particular rule count toward the rule's
2162limits.
2163.It Ar source-track global
2164The number of states created by all rules that use this option is limited.
2165Each rule can specify different
2166.Ar max-src-nodes
2167and
2168.Ar max-src-states
2169options, however state entries created by any participating rule count towards
2170each individual rule's limits.
2171.El
2172.Pp
2173The following limits can be set:
2174.Pp
2175.Bl -tag -width xxxx -compact
2176.It Ar max-src-nodes Aq Ar number
2177Limits the maximum number of source addresses which can simultaneously
2178have state table entries.
2179.It Ar max-src-states Aq Ar number
2180Limits the maximum number of simultaneous state entries that a single
2181source address can create with this rule.
2182.El
2183.Pp
2184For stateful TCP connections, limits on established connections (connections
2185which have completed the TCP 3-way handshake) can also be enforced
2186per source IP.
2187.Pp
2188.Bl -tag -width xxxx -compact
2189.It Ar max-src-conn Aq Ar number
2190Limits the maximum number of simultaneous TCP connections which have
2191completed the 3-way handshake that a single host can make.
2192.It Xo Ar max-src-conn-rate Aq Ar number
2193.No / Aq Ar seconds
2194.Xc
2195Limit the rate of new connections over a time interval.
2196The connection rate is an approximation calculated as a moving average.
2197.El
2198.Pp
2199Because the 3-way handshake ensures that the source address is not being
2200spoofed, more aggressive action can be taken based on these limits.
2201With the
2202.Ar overload Aq Ar table
2203state option, source IP addresses which hit either of the limits on
2204established connections will be added to the named table.
2205This table can be used in the ruleset to block further activity from
2206the offending host, redirect it to a tarpit process, or restrict its
2207bandwidth.
2208.Pp
2209The optional
2210.Ar flush
2211keyword kills all states created by the matching rule which originate
2212from the host which exceeds these limits.
2213The
2214.Ar global
2215modifier to the flush command kills all states originating from the
2216offending host, regardless of which rule created the state.
2217.Pp
2218For example, the following rules will protect the webserver against
2219hosts making more than 100 connections in 10 seconds.
2220Any host which connects faster than this rate will have its address added
2221to the
2222.Aq bad_hosts
2223table and have all states originating from it flushed.
2224Any new packets arriving from this host will be dropped unconditionally
2225by the block rule.
2226.Bd -literal -offset indent
2227block quick from \*(Ltbad_hosts\*(Gt
2228pass in on $ext_if proto tcp to $webserver port www keep state \e
2229	(max-src-conn-rate 100/10, overload \*(Ltbad_hosts\*(Gt flush global)
2230.Ed
2231.Sh OPERATING SYSTEM FINGERPRINTING
2232Passive OS Fingerprinting is a mechanism to inspect nuances of a TCP
2233connection's initial SYN packet and guess at the host's operating system.
2234Unfortunately these nuances are easily spoofed by an attacker so the
2235fingerprint is not useful in making security decisions.
2236But the fingerprint is typically accurate enough to make policy decisions
2237upon.
2238.Pp
2239The fingerprints may be specified by operating system class, by
2240version, or by subtype/patchlevel.
2241The class of an operating system is typically the vendor or genre
2242and would be
2243.Ox
2244for the
2245.Xr pf 4
2246firewall itself.
2247The version of the oldest available
2248.Ox
2249release on the main FTP site
2250would be 2.6 and the fingerprint would be written
2251.Pp
2252.Dl \&"OpenBSD 2.6\&"
2253.Pp
2254The subtype of an operating system is typically used to describe the
2255patchlevel if that patch led to changes in the TCP stack behavior.
2256In the case of
2257.Ox ,
2258the only subtype is for a fingerprint that was
2259normalized by the
2260.Ar no-df
2261scrub option and would be specified as
2262.Pp
2263.Dl \&"OpenBSD 3.3 no-df\&"
2264.Pp
2265Fingerprints for most popular operating systems are provided by
2266.Xr pf.os 5 .
2267Once
2268.Xr pf 4
2269is running, a complete list of known operating system fingerprints may
2270be listed by running:
2271.Pp
2272.Dl # pfctl -so
2273.Pp
2274Filter rules can enforce policy at any level of operating system specification
2275assuming a fingerprint is present.
2276Policy could limit traffic to approved operating systems or even ban traffic
2277from hosts that aren't at the latest service pack.
2278.Pp
2279The
2280.Ar unknown
2281class can also be used as the fingerprint which will match packets for
2282which no operating system fingerprint is known.
2283.Pp
2284Examples:
2285.Bd -literal -offset indent
2286pass  out proto tcp from any os OpenBSD
2287block out proto tcp from any os Doors
2288block out proto tcp from any os "Doors PT"
2289block out proto tcp from any os "Doors PT SP3"
2290block out from any os "unknown"
2291pass on lo0 proto tcp from any os "OpenBSD 3.3 lo0"
2292.Ed
2293.Pp
2294Operating system fingerprinting is limited only to the TCP SYN packet.
2295This means that it will not work on other protocols and will not match
2296a currently established connection.
2297.Pp
2298Caveat: operating system fingerprints are occasionally wrong.
2299There are three problems: an attacker can trivially craft his packets to
2300appear as any operating system he chooses;
2301an operating system patch could change the stack behavior and no fingerprints
2302will match it until the database is updated;
2303and multiple operating systems may have the same fingerprint.
2304.Sh BLOCKING SPOOFED TRAFFIC
2305"Spoofing" is the faking of IP addresses, typically for malicious
2306purposes.
2307The
2308.Ar antispoof
2309directive expands to a set of filter rules which will block all
2310traffic with a source IP from the network(s) directly connected
2311to the specified interface(s) from entering the system through
2312any other interface.
2313.Pp
2314For example, the line
2315.Bd -literal -offset indent
2316antispoof for lo0
2317.Ed
2318.Pp
2319expands to
2320.Bd -literal -offset indent
2321block drop in on ! lo0 inet from 127.0.0.1/8 to any
2322block drop in on ! lo0 inet6 from ::1 to any
2323.Ed
2324.Pp
2325For non-loopback interfaces, there are additional rules to block incoming
2326packets with a source IP address identical to the interface's IP(s).
2327For example, assuming the interface wi0 had an IP address of 10.0.0.1 and a
2328netmask of 255.255.255.0,
2329the line
2330.Bd -literal -offset indent
2331antispoof for wi0 inet
2332.Ed
2333.Pp
2334expands to
2335.Bd -literal -offset indent
2336block drop in on ! wi0 inet from 10.0.0.0/24 to any
2337block drop in inet from 10.0.0.1 to any
2338.Ed
2339.Pp
2340Caveat: Rules created by the
2341.Ar antispoof
2342directive interfere with packets sent over loopback interfaces
2343to local addresses.
2344One should pass these explicitly.
2345.Sh FRAGMENT HANDLING
2346The size of IP datagrams (packets) can be significantly larger than the
2347maximum transmission unit (MTU) of the network.
2348In cases when it is necessary or more efficient to send such large packets,
2349the large packet will be fragmented into many smaller packets that will each
2350fit onto the wire.
2351Unfortunately for a firewalling device, only the first logical fragment will
2352contain the necessary header information for the subprotocol that allows
2353.Xr pf 4
2354to filter on things such as TCP ports or to perform NAT.
2355.Pp
2356Besides the use of
2357.Ar scrub
2358rules as described in
2359.Sx TRAFFIC NORMALIZATION
2360above, there are three options for handling fragments in the packet filter.
2361.Pp
2362One alternative is to filter individual fragments with filter rules.
2363If no
2364.Ar scrub
2365rule applies to a fragment, it is passed to the filter.
2366Filter rules with matching IP header parameters decide whether the
2367fragment is passed or blocked, in the same way as complete packets
2368are filtered.
2369Without reassembly, fragments can only be filtered based on IP header
2370fields (source/destination address, protocol), since subprotocol header
2371fields are not available (TCP/UDP port numbers, ICMP code/type).
2372The
2373.Ar fragment
2374option can be used to restrict filter rules to apply only to
2375fragments, but not complete packets.
2376Filter rules without the
2377.Ar fragment
2378option still apply to fragments, if they only specify IP header fields.
2379For instance, the rule
2380.Bd -literal -offset indent
2381pass in proto tcp from any to any port 80
2382.Ed
2383.Pp
2384never applies to a fragment, even if the fragment is part of a TCP
2385packet with destination port 80, because without reassembly this information
2386is not available for each fragment.
2387This also means that fragments cannot create new or match existing
2388state table entries, which makes stateful filtering and address
2389translation (NAT, redirection) for fragments impossible.
2390.Pp
2391It's also possible to reassemble only certain fragments by specifying
2392source or destination addresses or protocols as parameters in
2393.Ar scrub
2394rules.
2395.Pp
2396In most cases, the benefits of reassembly outweigh the additional
2397memory cost, and it's recommended to use
2398.Ar scrub
2399rules to reassemble
2400all fragments via the
2401.Ar fragment reassemble
2402modifier.
2403.Pp
2404The memory allocated for fragment caching can be limited using
2405.Xr pfctl 8 .
2406Once this limit is reached, fragments that would have to be cached
2407are dropped until other entries time out.
2408The timeout value can also be adjusted.
2409.Pp
2410When forwarding reassembled IPv6 packets, pf refragments them with
2411the original maximum fragment size.
2412This allows the sender to determine the optimal fragment size by
2413path MTU discovery.
2414.Sh ANCHORS
2415Besides the main ruleset,
2416.Xr pfctl 8
2417can load rulesets into
2418.Ar anchor
2419attachment points.
2420An
2421.Ar anchor
2422is a container that can hold rules, address tables, and other anchors.
2423.Pp
2424An
2425.Ar anchor
2426has a name which specifies the path where
2427.Xr pfctl 8
2428can be used to access the anchor to perform operations on it, such as
2429attaching child anchors to it or loading rules into it.
2430Anchors may be nested, with components separated by
2431.Sq /
2432characters, similar to how file system hierarchies are laid out.
2433The main ruleset is actually the default anchor, so filter and
2434translation rules, for example, may also be contained in any anchor.
2435.Pp
2436An anchor can reference another
2437.Ar anchor
2438attachment point
2439using the following kinds
2440of rules:
2441.Bl -tag -width xxxx
2442.It Ar nat-anchor Aq Ar name
2443Evaluates the
2444.Ar nat
2445rules in the specified
2446.Ar anchor .
2447.It Ar rdr-anchor Aq Ar name
2448Evaluates the
2449.Ar rdr
2450rules in the specified
2451.Ar anchor .
2452.It Ar binat-anchor Aq Ar name
2453Evaluates the
2454.Ar binat
2455rules in the specified
2456.Ar anchor .
2457.It Ar anchor Aq Ar name
2458Evaluates the filter rules in the specified
2459.Ar anchor .
2460.It Xo Ar load anchor
2461.Aq Ar name
2462.Ar from Aq Ar file
2463.Xc
2464Loads the rules from the specified file into the
2465anchor
2466.Ar name .
2467.El
2468.Pp
2469When evaluation of the main ruleset reaches an
2470.Ar anchor
2471rule,
2472.Xr pf 4
2473will proceed to evaluate all rules specified in that anchor.
2474.Pp
2475Matching filter and translation rules marked with the
2476.Ar quick
2477option are final and abort the evaluation of the rules in other
2478anchors and the main ruleset.
2479If the
2480.Ar anchor
2481itself is marked with the
2482.Ar quick
2483option,
2484ruleset evaluation will terminate when the anchor is exited if the packet is
2485matched by any rule within the anchor.
2486.Pp
2487.Ar anchor
2488rules are evaluated relative to the anchor in which they are contained.
2489For example, all
2490.Ar anchor
2491rules specified in the main ruleset will reference anchor
2492attachment points underneath the main ruleset, and
2493.Ar anchor
2494rules specified in a file loaded from a
2495.Ar load anchor
2496rule will be attached under that anchor point.
2497.Pp
2498Rules may be contained in
2499.Ar anchor
2500attachment points which do not contain any rules when the main ruleset
2501is loaded, and later such anchors can be manipulated through
2502.Xr pfctl 8
2503without reloading the main ruleset or other anchors.
2504For example,
2505.Bd -literal -offset indent
2506ext_if = \&"kue0\&"
2507block on $ext_if all
2508anchor spam
2509pass out on $ext_if all
2510pass in on $ext_if proto tcp from any \e
2511      to $ext_if port smtp
2512.Ed
2513.Pp
2514blocks all packets on the external interface by default, then evaluates
2515all rules in the
2516.Ar anchor
2517named "spam", and finally passes all outgoing connections and
2518incoming connections to port 25.
2519.Bd -literal -offset indent
2520# echo \&"block in quick from 1.2.3.4 to any\&" \&| \e
2521      pfctl -a spam -f -
2522.Ed
2523.Pp
2524This loads a single rule into the
2525.Ar anchor ,
2526which blocks all packets from a specific address.
2527.Pp
2528The anchor can also be populated by adding a
2529.Ar load anchor
2530rule after the
2531.Ar anchor
2532rule:
2533.Bd -literal -offset indent
2534anchor spam
2535load anchor spam from "/etc/pf-spam.conf"
2536.Ed
2537.Pp
2538When
2539.Xr pfctl 8
2540loads
2541.Nm pf.conf ,
2542it will also load all the rules from the file
2543.Pa /etc/pf-spam.conf
2544into the anchor.
2545.Pp
2546Optionally,
2547.Ar anchor
2548rules can specify packet filtering parameters using the same syntax as
2549filter rules.
2550When parameters are used, the
2551.Ar anchor
2552rule is only evaluated for matching packets.
2553This allows conditional evaluation of anchors, like:
2554.Bd -literal -offset indent
2555block on $ext_if all
2556anchor spam proto tcp from any to any port smtp
2557pass out on $ext_if all
2558pass in on $ext_if proto tcp from any to $ext_if port smtp
2559.Ed
2560.Pp
2561The rules inside
2562.Ar anchor
2563spam are only evaluated for
2564.Ar tcp
2565packets with destination port 25.
2566Hence,
2567.Bd -literal -offset indent
2568# echo \&"block in quick from 1.2.3.4 to any" \&| \e
2569      pfctl -a spam -f -
2570.Ed
2571.Pp
2572will only block connections from 1.2.3.4 to port 25.
2573.Pp
2574Anchors may end with the asterisk
2575.Pq Sq *
2576character, which signifies that all anchors attached at that point
2577should be evaluated in the alphabetical ordering of their anchor name.
2578For example,
2579.Bd -literal -offset indent
2580anchor "spam/*"
2581.Ed
2582.Pp
2583will evaluate each rule in each anchor attached to the
2584.Li spam
2585anchor.
2586Note that it will only evaluate anchors that are directly attached to the
2587.Li spam
2588anchor, and will not descend to evaluate anchors recursively.
2589.Pp
2590Since anchors are evaluated relative to the anchor in which they are
2591contained, there is a mechanism for accessing the parent and ancestor
2592anchors of a given anchor.
2593Similar to file system path name resolution, if the sequence
2594.Dq ..
2595appears as an anchor path component, the parent anchor of the current
2596anchor in the path evaluation at that point will become the new current
2597anchor.
2598As an example, consider the following:
2599.Bd -literal -offset indent
2600# echo ' anchor "spam/allowed" ' | pfctl -f -
2601# echo -e ' anchor "../banned" \en pass' | \e
2602      pfctl -a spam/allowed -f -
2603.Ed
2604.Pp
2605Evaluation of the main ruleset will lead into the
2606.Li spam/allowed
2607anchor, which will evaluate the rules in the
2608.Li spam/banned
2609anchor, if any, before finally evaluating the
2610.Ar pass
2611rule.
2612.Pp
2613Filter rule
2614.Ar anchors
2615can also be loaded inline in the ruleset within a brace ('{' '}') delimited
2616block.
2617Brace delimited blocks may contain rules or other brace-delimited blocks.
2618When anchors are loaded this way the anchor name becomes optional.
2619.Bd -literal -offset indent
2620anchor "external" on $ext_if {
2621	block
2622	anchor out {
2623		pass proto tcp from any to port { 25, 80, 443 }
2624	}
2625	pass in proto tcp to any port 22
2626}
2627.Ed
2628.Pp
2629Since the parser specification for anchor names is a string, any
2630reference to an anchor name containing
2631.Sq /
2632characters will require double quote
2633.Pq Sq \&"
2634characters around the anchor name.
2635.Sh TRANSLATION EXAMPLES
2636This example maps incoming requests on port 80 to port 8080, on
2637which a daemon is running (because, for example, it is not run as root,
2638and therefore lacks permission to bind to port 80).
2639.Bd -literal
2640# use a macro for the interface name, so it can be changed easily
2641ext_if = \&"ne3\&"
2642
2643# map daemon on 8080 to appear to be on 80
2644rdr on $ext_if proto tcp from any to any port 80 -\*(Gt 127.0.0.1 port 8080
2645.Ed
2646.Pp
2647If the
2648.Ar pass
2649modifier is given, packets matching the translation rule are passed without
2650inspecting the filter rules:
2651.Bd -literal
2652rdr pass on $ext_if proto tcp from any to any port 80 -\*(Gt 127.0.0.1 \e
2653      port 8080
2654.Ed
2655.Pp
2656In the example below, vlan12 is configured as 192.168.168.1;
2657the machine translates all packets coming from 192.168.168.0/24 to 204.92.77.111
2658when they are going out any interface except vlan12.
2659This has the net effect of making traffic from the 192.168.168.0/24
2660network appear as though it is the Internet routable address
2661204.92.77.111 to nodes behind any interface on the router except
2662for the nodes on vlan12.
2663(Thus, 192.168.168.1 can talk to the 192.168.168.0/24 nodes.)
2664.Bd -literal
2665nat on ! vlan12 from 192.168.168.0/24 to any -\*(Gt 204.92.77.111
2666.Ed
2667.Pp
2668In the example below, the machine sits between a fake internal 144.19.74.*
2669network, and a routable external IP of 204.92.77.100.
2670The
2671.Ar no nat
2672rule excludes protocol AH from being translated.
2673.Bd -literal
2674# NO NAT
2675no nat on $ext_if proto ah from 144.19.74.0/24 to any
2676nat on $ext_if from 144.19.74.0/24 to any -\*(Gt 204.92.77.100
2677.Ed
2678.Pp
2679In the example below, packets bound for one specific server, as well as those
2680generated by the sysadmins are not proxied; all other connections are.
2681.Bd -literal
2682# NO RDR
2683no rdr on $int_if proto { tcp, udp } from any to $server port 80
2684no rdr on $int_if proto { tcp, udp } from $sysadmins to any port 80
2685rdr on $int_if proto { tcp, udp } from any to any port 80 -\*(Gt 127.0.0.1 \e
2686      port 80
2687.Ed
2688.Pp
2689This longer example uses both a NAT and a redirection.
2690The external interface has the address 157.161.48.183.
2691On localhost, we are running
2692.Xr ftp-proxy 8 ,
2693waiting for FTP sessions to be redirected to it.
2694The three mandatory anchors for
2695.Xr ftp-proxy 8
2696are omitted from this example; see the
2697.Xr ftp-proxy 8
2698manpage.
2699.Bd -literal
2700# NAT
2701# Translate outgoing packets' source addresses (any protocol).
2702# In this case, any address but the gateway's external address is mapped.
2703nat on $ext_if inet from ! ($ext_if) to any -\*(Gt ($ext_if)
2704
2705# NAT PROXYING
2706# Map outgoing packets' source port to an assigned proxy port instead of
2707# an arbitrary port.
2708# In this case, proxy outgoing isakmp with port 500 on the gateway.
2709nat on $ext_if inet proto udp from any port = isakmp to any -\*(Gt ($ext_if) \e
2710      port 500
2711
2712# BINAT
2713# Translate outgoing packets' source address (any protocol).
2714# Translate incoming packets' destination address to an internal machine
2715# (bidirectional).
2716binat on $ext_if from 10.1.2.150 to any -\*(Gt $ext_if
2717
2718# RDR
2719# Translate incoming packets' destination addresses.
2720# As an example, redirect a TCP and UDP port to an internal machine.
2721rdr on $ext_if inet proto tcp from any to ($ext_if) port 8080 \e
2722      -\*(Gt 10.1.2.151 port 22
2723rdr on $ext_if inet proto udp from any to ($ext_if) port 8080 \e
2724      -\*(Gt 10.1.2.151 port 53
2725
2726# RDR
2727# Translate outgoing ftp control connections to send them to localhost
2728# for proxying with ftp-proxy(8) running on port 8021.
2729rdr on $int_if proto tcp from any to any port 21 -\*(Gt 127.0.0.1 port 8021
2730.Ed
2731.Pp
2732In this example, a NAT gateway is set up to translate internal addresses
2733using a pool of public addresses (192.0.2.16/28) and to redirect
2734incoming web server connections to a group of web servers on the internal
2735network.
2736.Bd -literal
2737# NAT LOAD BALANCE
2738# Translate outgoing packets' source addresses using an address pool.
2739# A given source address is always translated to the same pool address by
2740# using the source-hash keyword.
2741nat on $ext_if inet from any to any -\*(Gt 192.0.2.16/28 source-hash
2742
2743# RDR ROUND ROBIN
2744# Translate incoming web server connections to a group of web servers on
2745# the internal network.
2746rdr on $ext_if proto tcp from any to any port 80 \e
2747      -\*(Gt { 10.1.2.155, 10.1.2.160, 10.1.2.161 } round-robin
2748.Ed
2749.Sh FILTER EXAMPLES
2750.Bd -literal
2751# The external interface is kue0
2752# (157.161.48.183, the only routable address)
2753# and the private network is 10.0.0.0/8, for which we are doing NAT.
2754
2755# use a macro for the interface name, so it can be changed easily
2756ext_if = \&"kue0\&"
2757
2758# normalize all incoming traffic
2759scrub in on $ext_if all fragment reassemble
2760
2761# block and log everything by default
2762block return log on $ext_if all
2763
2764# block anything coming from source we have no back routes for
2765block in from no-route to any
2766
2767# block packets whose ingress interface does not match the one in
2768# the route back to their source address
2769block in from urpf-failed to any
2770
2771# block and log outgoing packets that do not have our address as source,
2772# they are either spoofed or something is misconfigured (NAT disabled,
2773# for instance), we want to be nice and do not send out garbage.
2774block out log quick on $ext_if from ! 157.161.48.183 to any
2775
2776# silently drop broadcasts (cable modem noise)
2777block in quick on $ext_if from any to 255.255.255.255
2778
2779# block and log incoming packets from reserved address space and invalid
2780# addresses, they are either spoofed or misconfigured, we cannot reply to
2781# them anyway (hence, no return-rst).
2782block in log quick on $ext_if from { 10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12, \e
2783      192.168.0.0/16, 255.255.255.255/32 } to any
2784
2785# ICMP
2786
2787# pass out/in certain ICMP queries and keep state (ping)
2788# state matching is done on host addresses and ICMP id (not type/code),
2789# so replies (like 0/0 for 8/0) will match queries
2790# ICMP error messages (which always refer to a TCP/UDP packet) are
2791# handled by the TCP/UDP states
2792pass on $ext_if inet proto icmp all icmp-type 8 code 0
2793
2794# UDP
2795
2796# pass out all UDP connections and keep state
2797pass out on $ext_if proto udp all
2798
2799# pass in certain UDP connections and keep state (DNS)
2800pass in on $ext_if proto udp from any to any port domain
2801
2802# TCP
2803
2804# pass out all TCP connections and modulate state
2805pass out on $ext_if proto tcp all modulate state
2806
2807# pass in certain TCP connections and keep state (SSH, SMTP, DNS, IDENT)
2808pass in on $ext_if proto tcp from any to any port { ssh, smtp, domain, \e
2809      auth }
2810
2811# Do not allow Windows 9x SMTP connections since they are typically
2812# a viral worm. Alternately we could limit these OSes to 1 connection each.
2813block in on $ext_if proto tcp from any os {"Windows 95", "Windows 98"} \e
2814      to any port smtp
2815
2816# IPv6
2817# pass in/out all IPv6 traffic: note that we have to enable this in two
2818# different ways, on both our physical interface and our tunnel
2819pass quick on gif0 inet6
2820pass quick on $ext_if proto ipv6
2821
2822# Packet Tagging
2823
2824# three interfaces: $int_if, $ext_if, and $wifi_if (wireless). NAT is
2825# being done on $ext_if for all outgoing packets. tag packets in on
2826# $int_if and pass those tagged packets out on $ext_if.  all other
2827# outgoing packets (i.e., packets from the wireless network) are only
2828# permitted to access port 80.
2829
2830pass in on $int_if from any to any tag INTNET
2831pass in on $wifi_if from any to any
2832
2833block out on $ext_if from any to any
2834pass out quick on $ext_if tagged INTNET
2835pass out on $ext_if proto tcp from any to any port 80
2836
2837# tag incoming packets as they are redirected to spamd(8). use the tag
2838# to pass those packets through the packet filter.
2839
2840rdr on $ext_if inet proto tcp from \*(Ltspammers\*(Gt to port smtp \e
2841	tag SPAMD -\*(Gt 127.0.0.1 port spamd
2842
2843block in on $ext_if
2844pass in on $ext_if inet proto tcp tagged SPAMD
2845.Ed
2846.Sh GRAMMAR
2847Syntax for
2848.Nm
2849in BNF:
2850.Bd -literal
2851line           = ( option | pf-rule | nat-rule | binat-rule | rdr-rule |
2852                 antispoof-rule | altq-rule | queue-rule | trans-anchors |
2853                 anchor-rule | anchor-close | load-anchor | table-rule |
2854                 include )
2855
2856option         = "set" ( [ "timeout" ( timeout | "{" timeout-list "}" ) ] |
2857                 [ "ruleset-optimization" [ "none" | "basic" | "profile" ]] |
2858                 [ "optimization" [ "default" | "normal" |
2859                 "high-latency" | "satellite" |
2860                 "aggressive" | "conservative" ] ]
2861                 [ "limit" ( limit-item | "{" limit-list "}" ) ] |
2862                 [ "loginterface" ( interface-name | "none" ) ] |
2863                 [ "block-policy" ( "drop" | "return" ) ] |
2864                 [ "state-policy" ( "if-bound" | "floating" ) ]
2865                 [ "state-defaults" state-opts ]
2866                 [ "require-order" ( "yes" | "no" ) ]
2867                 [ "fingerprints" filename ] |
2868                 [ "skip on" ifspec ] |
2869                 [ "debug" ( "none" | "urgent" | "misc" | "loud" ) ] )
2870
2871pf-rule        = action [ ( "in" | "out" ) ]
2872                 [ "log" [ "(" logopts ")"] ] [ "quick" ]
2873                 [ "on" ifspec ] [ route ] [ af ] [ protospec ]
2874                 hosts [ filteropt-list ]
2875
2876logopts        = logopt [ "," logopts ]
2877logopt         = "all" | "user" | "to" interface-name
2878
2879filteropt-list = filteropt-list filteropt | filteropt
2880filteropt      = user | group | flags | icmp-type | icmp6-type | "tos" tos |
2881                 ( "no" | "keep" | "modulate" | "synproxy" ) "state"
2882                 [ "(" state-opts ")" ] |
2883                 "fragment" | "no-df" | "min-ttl" number | "set-tos" tos |
2884                 "max-mss" number | "random-id" | "reassemble tcp" |
2885                 fragmentation | "allow-opts" |
2886                 "label" string | "tag" string | [ ! ] "tagged" string |
2887                 "set prio" ( number | "(" number [ [ "," ] number ] ")" ) |
2888                 "queue" ( string | "(" string [ [ "," ] string ] ")" ) |
2889                 "rtable" number | "probability" number"%" | "prio" number
2890
2891nat-rule       = [ "no" ] "nat" [ "pass" [ "log" [ "(" logopts ")" ] ] ]
2892                 [ "on" ifspec ] [ af ]
2893                 [ protospec ] hosts [ "tag" string ] [ "tagged" string ]
2894                 [ "-\*(Gt" ( redirhost | "{" redirhost-list "}" )
2895                 [ portspec ] [ pooltype ] [ "static-port" ] ]
2896
2897binat-rule     = [ "no" ] "binat" [ "pass" [ "log" [ "(" logopts ")" ] ] ]
2898                 [ "on" interface-name ] [ af ]
2899                 [ "proto" ( proto-name | proto-number ) ]
2900                 "from" address [ "/" mask-bits ] "to" ipspec
2901                 [ "tag" string ] [ "tagged" string ]
2902                 [ "-\*(Gt" address [ "/" mask-bits ] ]
2903
2904rdr-rule       = [ "no" ] "rdr" [ "pass" [ "log" [ "(" logopts ")" ] ] ]
2905                 [ "on" ifspec ] [ af ]
2906                 [ protospec ] hosts [ "tag" string ] [ "tagged" string ]
2907                 [ "-\*(Gt" ( redirhost | "{" redirhost-list "}" )
2908                 [ portspec ] [ pooltype ] ]
2909
2910antispoof-rule = "antispoof" [ "log" ] [ "quick" ]
2911                 "for" ifspec [ af ] [ "label" string ]
2912
2913table-rule     = "table" "\*(Lt" string "\*(Gt" [ tableopts-list ]
2914tableopts-list = tableopts-list tableopts | tableopts
2915tableopts      = "persist" | "const" | "counters" | "file" string |
2916                 "{" [ tableaddr-list ] "}"
2917tableaddr-list = tableaddr-list [ "," ] tableaddr-spec | tableaddr-spec
2918tableaddr-spec = [ "!" ] tableaddr [ "/" mask-bits ]
2919tableaddr      = hostname | ifspec | "self" |
2920                 ipv4-dotted-quad | ipv6-coloned-hex
2921
2922altq-rule      = "altq on" interface-name queueopts-list
2923                 "queue" subqueue
2924queue-rule     = "queue" string [ "on" interface-name ] queueopts-list
2925                 subqueue
2926
2927anchor-rule    = "anchor" [ string ] [ ( "in" | "out" ) ] [ "on" ifspec ]
2928                 [ af ] [ protospec ] [ hosts ] [ filteropt-list ] [ "{" ]
2929
2930anchor-close   = "}"
2931
2932trans-anchors  = ( "nat-anchor" | "rdr-anchor" | "binat-anchor" ) string
2933                 [ "on" ifspec ] [ af ] [ "proto" ] [ protospec ] [ hosts ]
2934
2935load-anchor    = "load anchor" string "from" filename
2936
2937queueopts-list = queueopts-list queueopts | queueopts
2938queueopts      = [ "bandwidth" bandwidth-spec ] |
2939                 [ "qlimit" number ] | [ "tbrsize" number ] |
2940                 [ "priority" number ] | [ schedulers ]
2941schedulers     = ( cbq-def | priq-def | hfsc-def )
2942bandwidth-spec = "number" ( "b" | "Kb" | "Mb" | "Gb" | "%" )
2943
2944action         = "pass" | "block" [ return ] | [ "no" ] "scrub"
2945return         = "drop" | "return" | "return-rst" [ "( ttl" number ")" ] |
2946                 "return-icmp" [ "(" icmpcode [ [ "," ] icmp6code ] ")" ] |
2947                 "return-icmp6" [ "(" icmp6code ")" ]
2948icmpcode       = ( icmp-code-name | icmp-code-number )
2949icmp6code      = ( icmp6-code-name | icmp6-code-number )
2950
2951ifspec         = ( [ "!" ] ( interface-name | interface-group ) ) |
2952                 "{" interface-list "}"
2953interface-list = [ "!" ] ( interface-name | interface-group )
2954                 [ [ "," ] interface-list ]
2955route          = ( "route-to" | "reply-to" | "dup-to" )
2956                 ( routehost | "{" routehost-list "}" )
2957                 [ pooltype ]
2958af             = "inet" | "inet6"
2959
2960protospec      = "proto" ( proto-name | proto-number |
2961                 "{" proto-list "}" )
2962proto-list     = ( proto-name | proto-number ) [ [ "," ] proto-list ]
2963
2964hosts          = "all" |
2965                 "from" ( "any" | "no-route" | "urpf-failed" | "self" | host |
2966                 "{" host-list "}" ) [ port ] [ os ]
2967                 "to"   ( "any" | "no-route" | "self" | host |
2968                 "{" host-list "}" ) [ port ]
2969
2970ipspec         = "any" | host | "{" host-list "}"
2971host           = [ "!" ] ( address [ "/" mask-bits ] | "\*(Lt" string "\*(Gt" )
2972redirhost      = address [ "/" mask-bits ]
2973routehost      = "(" interface-name [ address [ "/" mask-bits ] ] ")"
2974address        = ( interface-name | interface-group |
2975                 "(" ( interface-name | interface-group ) ")" |
2976                 hostname | ipv4-dotted-quad | ipv6-coloned-hex )
2977host-list      = host [ [ "," ] host-list ]
2978redirhost-list = redirhost [ [ "," ] redirhost-list ]
2979routehost-list = routehost [ [ "," ] routehost-list ]
2980
2981port           = "port" ( unary-op | binary-op | "{" op-list "}" )
2982portspec       = "port" ( number | name ) [ ":" ( "*" | number | name ) ]
2983os             = "os"  ( os-name | "{" os-list "}" )
2984user           = "user" ( unary-op | binary-op | "{" op-list "}" )
2985group          = "group" ( unary-op | binary-op | "{" op-list "}" )
2986
2987unary-op       = [ "=" | "!=" | "\*(Lt" | "\*(Le" | "\*(Gt" | "\*(Ge" ]
2988                 ( name | number )
2989binary-op      = number ( "\*(Lt\*(Gt" | "\*(Gt\*(Lt" | ":" ) number
2990op-list        = ( unary-op | binary-op ) [ [ "," ] op-list ]
2991
2992os-name        = operating-system-name
2993os-list        = os-name [ [ "," ] os-list ]
2994
2995flags          = "flags" ( [ flag-set ] "/"  flag-set | "any" )
2996flag-set       = [ "F" ] [ "S" ] [ "R" ] [ "P" ] [ "A" ] [ "U" ] [ "E" ]
2997                 [ "W" ]
2998
2999icmp-type      = "icmp-type" ( icmp-type-code | "{" icmp-list "}" )
3000icmp6-type     = "icmp6-type" ( icmp-type-code | "{" icmp-list "}" )
3001icmp-type-code = ( icmp-type-name | icmp-type-number )
3002                 [ "code" ( icmp-code-name | icmp-code-number ) ]
3003icmp-list      = icmp-type-code [ [ "," ] icmp-list ]
3004
3005tos            = ( "lowdelay" | "throughput" | "reliability" |
3006                 [ "0x" ] number )
3007
3008state-opts     = state-opt [ [ "," ] state-opts ]
3009state-opt      = ( "max" number | "no-sync" | timeout | "sloppy" |
3010                 "source-track" [ ( "rule" | "global" ) ] |
3011                 "max-src-nodes" number | "max-src-states" number |
3012                 "max-src-conn" number |
3013                 "max-src-conn-rate" number "/" number |
3014                 "overload" "\*(Lt" string "\*(Gt" [ "flush" ] |
3015                 "if-bound" | "floating" )
3016
3017fragmentation  = [ "fragment reassemble" ]
3018
3019timeout-list   = timeout [ [ "," ] timeout-list ]
3020timeout        = ( "tcp.first" | "tcp.opening" | "tcp.established" |
3021                 "tcp.closing" | "tcp.finwait" | "tcp.closed" |
3022                 "udp.first" | "udp.single" | "udp.multiple" |
3023                 "icmp.first" | "icmp.error" |
3024                 "other.first" | "other.single" | "other.multiple" |
3025                 "frag" | "interval" | "src.track" |
3026                 "adaptive.start" | "adaptive.end" ) number
3027
3028limit-list     = limit-item [ [ "," ] limit-list ]
3029limit-item     = ( "states" | "frags" | "src-nodes" ) number
3030
3031pooltype       = ( "bitmask" | "random" |
3032                 "source-hash" [ ( hex-key | string-key ) ] |
3033                 "round-robin" ) [ sticky-address ]
3034
3035subqueue       = string | "{" queue-list "}"
3036queue-list     = string [ [ "," ] string ]
3037cbq-def        = "cbq" [ "(" cbq-opt [ [ "," ] cbq-opt ] ")" ]
3038priq-def       = "priq" [ "(" priq-opt [ [ "," ] priq-opt ] ")" ]
3039hfsc-def       = "hfsc" [ "(" hfsc-opt [ [ "," ] hfsc-opt ] ")" ]
3040cbq-opt        = ( "default" | "borrow" | "red" | "ecn" | "rio" )
3041priq-opt       = ( "default" | "red" | "ecn" | "rio" )
3042hfsc-opt       = ( "default" | "red" | "ecn" | "rio" |
3043                 linkshare-sc | realtime-sc | upperlimit-sc )
3044linkshare-sc   = "linkshare" sc-spec
3045realtime-sc    = "realtime" sc-spec
3046upperlimit-sc  = "upperlimit" sc-spec
3047sc-spec        = ( bandwidth-spec |
3048                 "(" bandwidth-spec number bandwidth-spec ")" )
3049include        = "include" filename
3050.Ed
3051.Sh FILES
3052.Bl -tag -width "/etc/protocols" -compact
3053.It Pa /etc/hosts
3054Host name database.
3055.It Pa /etc/pf.conf
3056Default location of the ruleset file.
3057The file has to be created manually as it is not installed with a
3058standard installation.
3059.It Pa /etc/pf.os
3060Default location of OS fingerprints.
3061.It Pa /etc/protocols
3062Protocol name database.
3063.It Pa /etc/services
3064Service name database.
3065.El
3066.Sh SEE ALSO
3067.Xr altq 4 ,
3068.Xr carp 4 ,
3069.Xr icmp 4 ,
3070.Xr icmp6 4 ,
3071.Xr ip 4 ,
3072.Xr ip6 4 ,
3073.Xr pf 4 ,
3074.Xr pfsync 4 ,
3075.Xr tcp 4 ,
3076.Xr udp 4 ,
3077.Xr hosts 5 ,
3078.Xr pf.os 5 ,
3079.Xr protocols 5 ,
3080.Xr services 5 ,
3081.Xr ftp-proxy 8 ,
3082.Xr pfctl 8 ,
3083.Xr pflogd 8
3084.Sh HISTORY
3085The
3086.Nm
3087file format first appeared in
3088.Ox 3.0 .
3089