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ipfilter

Section: Standards, Environments, and Macros (5)
Updated: 7 Jun 2007
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NAME

ipfilter - IP packet filtering software  

DESCRIPTION

IP Filter is software that provides packet filtering capabilities on a Solaris system. On a properly setup system, it can be used to build a firewall.

Solaris IP Filter is installed with the Solaris operating system. However, packet filtering is not enabled by default. See ipf(1M) for a procedure to enable and activate the IP Filter feature.  

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for a description of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE

Interface StabilityEvolving

 

SEE ALSO

ipf(1M), ipnat(1M), ipf(4), ipnat(4), attributes(5)

 

NOTES

To view license terms, attribution, and copyright for IP Filter, the default path is /usr/lib/ipf/IPFILTER.LICENCE. If the Solaris operating system has been installed anywhere other than the default, modify the given path to access the file at the installed location.

In the current release of the Solaris operating system, IP Filter startup configuration files are stored in /etc/ipf.


 

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