PF - easy to set up and easy to forget

One thing I always loved about OpenBSD was its packet filter pf which is set up easily and fast and just works. However there are times I forget completely it is there. In this case I wanted to connect a Windows machine to my LAN but it did not get any tcp connection. ICMP worked fine though. Since this windows has been run in Parallels I fiddled with those settings with no result.

Then I remembered this:

#this fixes the neighbours issue
block drop out quick log on $ext_if from any os "Windows"
block drop in quick log on $wlan_if from any os "Windows"

I put this in to keep my neighbour's son from using my WLAN for his Edonkey traffic. It has been there for years.

Next time think about pf first.

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