BSDCan2010 - Final Release

BSDCan 2010
The Technical BSD Conference

Speakers
Peter Hansteen
Schedule
Day Tutorials - 1 - 2010-05-11
Room DMS 1110
Start time 13:00
Duration 03:00
Info
ID 179
Event type Workshop
Track Tutorial
Language used for presentation English

Building the Network You Need with PF

The OpenBSD packet filter

Building the network you need is the central theme for any network admin. This tutorial is for aspiring or seasoned network professionals with at least a basic knowledge of networking in general and TCP/IP particular. The session aims at teaching tools and techniques to make sure you build your network to work the way it's supposed to, keeping you in charge. Central to the toolbox is the OpenBSD PF packet filter, supplemented with tools that interact with it. Whether you are a greybeard looking for ways to optimize your setups or a greenhorn just starting out, this session will give you valuable insight into the inner life of your network and provide pointers to how to use that knowledge to build the network you need.

The session will provide updates on the new pf syntax and features introduced in OpenBSD 4.7, the most recent version of PF and OpenBSD. The tutorial is loosely based on Hansteen's book, /The Book of PF/ (No Starch Press), whose second edition should be available soon after BSDCan 2010.

Building the network you need is the central theme for any network admin. This tutorial is for aspiring or seasoned network professionals with at least a basic knowledge of networking in general and TCP/IP particular. The session aims at teaching tools and techniques to make sure you build your network to work the way it's supposed to, keeping you in charge. Central to the toolbox is the OpenBSD PF packet filter, supplemented with tools that interact with it. Whether you are a greybeard looking for ways to optimize your setups or a greenhorn just starting out, this session will give you valuable insight into the inner life of your network and provide pointers to how to use that knowledge to build the network you need.

The session will provide updates on the new pf syntax and features introduced in OpenBSD 4.7, the most recent version of PF and OpenBSD. The tutorial is loosely based on Hansteen's book, /The Book of PF/ (No Starch Press), whose second edition should be available soon after BSDCan 2010