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NG_IPFW(4)		 BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual		    NG_IPFW(4)

NAME
     ng_ipfw --	interface between netgraph and IP firewall

SYNOPSIS
     #include <netinet/ip_var.h>
     #include <netgraph/ng_ipfw.h>

DESCRIPTION
     The ipfw node implements interface	between	ipfw(4)	and netgraph(4)	sub-
     systems.

HOOKS
     The ipfw node supports an arbitrary number	of hooks, which	must be	named
     using only	numeric	characters.

OPERATION
     Once the ng_ipfw module is	loaded into the	kernel,	a single node named
     ipfw is automatically created.  No	more ipfw nodes	can be created.	 Once
     destroyed,	the only way to	recreate the node is to	reload the ng_ipfw
     module.

     Packets can be injected into netgraph(4) using either the netgraph	or
     ngtee commands of the ipfw(8) utility.  These commands require a numeric
     cookie to be supplied as an argument.  Packets are	sent out of the	hook
     whose name	equals the cookie value.  If no	hook matches, packets are dis-
     carded.  Packets injected via the netgraph	command	are tagged with	struct
     ipfw_rule_ref.  This tag contains information that	helps the packet to
     re-enter ipfw(4) processing, should the packet come back from netgraph(4)
     to	ipfw(4).

     Packets received by a node	from netgraph(4) subsystem must	be tagged with
     struct ipfw_rule_ref tag.	Packets	re-enter IP firewall processing	at the
     next rule.	 If no tag is supplied,	packets	are discarded.

CONTROL	MESSAGES
     This node type supports only the generic control messages.

SHUTDOWN
     This node shuts down upon receipt of a NGM_SHUTDOWN control message.  Do
     not do this, since	the new	ipfw node can only be created by reloading the
     ng_ipfw module.

SEE ALSO
     ipfw(4), netgraph(4), ipfw(8), mbuf_tags(9)

HISTORY
     The ipfw node type	was implemented	in FreeBSD 6.0.

AUTHORS
     The ipfw node was written by Gleb Smirnoff	<glebius@FreeBSD.org>.

BSD				 March 2, 2010				   BSD
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