[OpenIndiana-discuss] Community interest in illumos PF port?

[Nikola M]

On 05/13/16 06:57 PM, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> On 05/13/16 09:32 AM, Nikola M wrote:
>> On 05/13/16 06:14 PM, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
>>>
>>>  Note: Manual intervention will be required to ensure PF rules 
>>> implement the
>>>  desired network policy."
>>>
>>
>> Thanks much Alanc. Was looking for something like that page.
>>
>> Does that mean that might happen inside 11.x as i see it mentions , 
>> so inside
>> S11 lifetime in one of the updates.
>>
>> As interesting as it is, it would surely need a separate project at 
>> illumos and
>> see no direct connection with illumos implementing it except, it is 
>> nice to have
>> it.
>
> The page doesn't specify exact releases to leave our options open, but 
> the
> current plan is to have both IPfilter & PF in 11.x releases for a 
> transition
> period, and then drop IPfilter in 12.0.  As with all software plans, 
> they're
> subject to change as we develop the code.

That's what I was thinking by looking at that page also.
Thanks Alanc!