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