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27.Dd March 2, 2010
28.Dt NG_IPFW 4
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm ng_ipfw
32.Nd interface between netgraph and IP firewall
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.In netinet/ip_var.h
35.In netgraph/ng_ipfw.h
36.Sh DESCRIPTION
37The
38.Nm ipfw
39node implements interface between
40.Xr ipfw 4
41and
42.Xr netgraph 4
43subsystems.
44.Sh HOOKS
45The
46.Nm ipfw
47node supports an arbitrary number of hooks,
48which must be named using only numeric characters.
49.Sh OPERATION
50Once the
51.Nm
52module is loaded into the kernel, a single node named
53.Va ipfw
54is automatically created.
55No more
56.Nm ipfw
57nodes can be created.
58Once destroyed, the only way to recreate the node is to reload the
59.Nm
60module.
61.Pp
62Packets can be injected into
63.Xr netgraph 4
64using either the
65.Cm netgraph
66or
67.Cm ngtee
68commands of the
69.Xr ipfw 8
70utility.
71These commands require a numeric cookie to be supplied as an argument.
72Packets are sent out of the hook whose name equals the cookie value.
73If no hook matches, packets are discarded.
74Packets injected via the
75.Cm netgraph
76command are tagged with
77.Vt "struct ipfw_rule_ref" .
78This tag contains information that helps the packet to re-enter
79.Xr ipfw 4
80processing, should the packet come back from
81.Xr netgraph 4
82to
83.Xr ipfw 4 .
84.Pp
85Packets received by a node from
86.Xr netgraph 4
87subsystem must be tagged with
88.Vt "struct ipfw_rule_ref"
89tag.
90Packets re-enter IP firewall processing at the next rule.
91If no tag is supplied, packets are discarded.
92.Sh CONTROL MESSAGES
93This node type supports only the generic control messages.
94.Sh SHUTDOWN
95This node shuts down upon receipt of a
96.Dv NGM_SHUTDOWN
97control message.
98Do not do this, since the new
99.Nm ipfw
100node can only be created by reloading the
101.Nm
102module.
103.Sh SEE ALSO
104.Xr ipfw 4 ,
105.Xr netgraph 4 ,
106.Xr ipfw 8 ,
107.Xr mbuf_tags 9
108.Sh HISTORY
109The
110.Nm ipfw
111node type was implemented in
112.Fx 6.0 .
113.Sh AUTHORS
114The
115.Nm ipfw
116node was written by
117.An Gleb Smirnoff Aq Mt glebius@FreeBSD.org .
118