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OpenBSD Packet Filter Changes Syntax Language

Posted by timothy on from the aber-selbstverstaendlich dept.

An anonymous reader writes "As seen on this article on the OpenBSDJournal, Henning, one of PF main contribuitors writes: 'After much discussion we made a hard decision: we will change pf syntax from English to German.' So, what are the implications of this? And why the change? Read on."

15 of 29 comments (clear)

  1. Does this mean by leviramsey · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...I'll have to say "Scheisse!" when I ficken up my firewall's configuration?

    1. Re:Does this mean by Mitchell+Mebane · · Score: 1

      As a proud student of the German language, I qould like to point out that the proper way of writing that is Scheiße.

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    2. Re:Does this mean by usotsuki · · Score: 1

      Depends. Some people are trying to get others to write the ß as ss.

      -uso.
      I didn't try to, but somehow I managed to get a fr1st ps0t on another topic *g*

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  2. Oh my! by bplipschitz · · Score: 1

    Sorry,

    Ach du lieber!

    Exschuldigen Sie. . .

  3. Help me here... by Polo · · Score: 2, Funny


    But what would be the new syntax for filtering on the new ipv4 security bit?

    1. Re:Help me here... by ctucker · · Score: 3, Funny

      I understand that one of the big reasons for this change is that a lot of the German developers were dissatisfied with the "keep state" modifier. The new pf interrogates suspicious packets in an unspecified location on the motherboard, or maybe a foreign motherboard, where packets have fewer rights. In any case, for maximum security, change everything that says "keep state" to "Unterhaltpolizeizustand".

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    2. Re:Help me here... by almeida · · Score: 2, Informative

      Aha! Good question. The IPv4 security bit will not be implemented on OpenBSD because IPv4 support has been dropped. Todd Fries says, "It is too hard to get IPv4 addresses, we're switching to IPv6 tomorrow."

      (This post is a day late, of course, so just pretend it's still the 1st.)

    3. Re:Help me here... by chrisseaton · · Score: 1

      No! Fools! This will be the new troll! Don't you realise what you're doing?

  4. Re:*BSD is dying by Synic · · Score: 1

    how many times are you going to post that, dorkwad? get a life...

  5. IN SOVIET GERMANY by yerricde · · Score: 1

    In Soviet Germany, DDR dances on YOU!

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  6. hmm german by horcy · · Score: 1

    kartoffel salat met bratwurst und pommes...

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  7. Logo in French by dfgdfgdfg · · Score: 1

    I remember in 3rd grade (1988 or so), we had computers that had the programming language Logo in french. It was "av" for "avance" instead of "fd" for "forward", etc...

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  8. Woohoo... by divide+overflow · · Score: 1


    Man, it's like a Baghdad aircraft hangar in here...last one out turn out the lights.

    At least now I know how to flush out german-speaking nerds.

  9. Re:Es ist ein Hoax! by mirabilos · · Score: 1

    I had a _hard_ time parsing this as AYBABTU, and
    I'm a native speaker...

    Get a life ;-)

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  10. Re:Es ist ein Hoax! by bplipschitz · · Score: 1

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