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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."

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

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

  2. 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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