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4.Dd October 28, 2002
5.Dt IPFW 4
6.Os
7.Sh NAME
8.Nm ipfw
9.Nd IP packet filter and traffic accounting
10.Sh DESCRIPTION
11The
12.Nm
13system facility allows filtering,
14redirecting, and other operations on
15.Tn IP
16packets travelling through
17network interfaces.
18.Pp
19The user interface for
20.Nm
21is implemented by the
22.Xr ipfw 8
23utility, so please refer to the
24.Xr ipfw 8
25manpage for a complete description of the
26.Nm
27capabilities and how to use it.
28.Ss Kernel Options
29The following options in the kernel configuration file are related to
30.Nm
31operation:
32.Pp
33.Bl -tag -width ".Dv IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE_LIMIT" -compact
34.It Dv IPFIREWALL
35enable
36.Nm
37.It Dv IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE
38enable
39.Nm
40logging
41.It Dv IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE_LIMIT
42limit
43.Nm
44logging
45.It Dv IPDIVERT
46enable
47.Xr divert 4
48sockets
49.El
50.Sh SEE ALSO
51.Xr setsockopt 2 ,
52.Xr divert 4 ,
53.Xr ip 4 ,
54.Xr ipfw 8 ,
55.Xr sysctl 8 ,
56.Xr syslogd 8 ,
57.Xr pfil 9
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