IP Filter FAQ

I. GENERAL

1. Who wrote IP Filter?
2. What is the website for IP Filter?
3. Is there a tutorial?
4. What OS's does it run on?

1. Who wrote IP Filter?

   Darren Reed is the author of IP Filter. There have been many others who have helped him along the way. See the HISTORY file in the IP Filter source code for details.

2. What is the website for IP Filter?

   http://www.ipfilter.org/ (or http://coombs.anu.edu.au/ipfilter/)
   or see mirrors at:
   http://coombs.anu.edu.au/ipfilter/#Mirrors
   

3. Is there a tutorial?

   http://www.obfuscation.org/ipf/ is the official tutorial. Someone named Guido Van Rooij also wrote some documentation.

4. What OS's does it run on?

   It comes as part of FreeBSD 2.2+ and NetBSD 1.2+
   It has also been tested on Solaris/Solaris-x86 2.3 - 8, SunOS 4.1.1 - 4.1.4, NetBSD 1.0 - 1.4, FreeBSD 2.0.0 - 2.2.8, BSD/OS-1.1 - 4, IRIX 6.2, OpenBSD 2.0 - 2.9, HP-UX 11.00 (IPFilter 4.0alpha*), and QNX Port*. Check the website for more information on the starred items.