IPFilter, also ipf mentioned, is a package filter, a software, which can be used as Firewall or also as NAT for translating of Internet addresses.

IPFilter is a very portable package filter. It runs among other things on the operating systems FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Linux, SunOS, Solaris, HP-UX, Tru64. IRIX, QNX and Mac OS X.

IPFilter was written by Darren Reed since beginning of the 1990er; Version 1.0 was published on 22 April 1993. IPFilter is developed further actively as open SOURCE of Reed; the 4,1 series, which was published on 12 February 2004, is current.

See also: pf, ipfw, iptables

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• Filter Samples
  IP Filter Examples. Permissions: Interface: Netmasks and hosts: IP Protocols ... Transparent routing can be performed in two ways using IP Filter. ...


• IP Filter
  Software which provides packet filtering and network address translation (NAT) capabilities for multiple...


• IP Filter HOWTO
  Usage guide for the IP Filter firewall software formerly included with OpenBSD.


• IPFilter FAQ
  Does IP Filter actually work on BSD/OS What do I need to make it work ... By default, IP Filter is last match, and you can change that if you want to. ...