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<p style="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px"><span style="font-size:large;font-weight:600">Building the network you need with PF, the OpenBSD packet filter</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px"><span style="font-size:large;font-weight:600">22</span><span style="font-size:large;font-weight:600;vertical-align:super">nd</span><span style="font-size:large;font-weight:600"> September 2011</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:600;font-style:italic">Description:</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> This one day session is aimed at experienced or aspiring network administrators who want to expand their knowledge of PF, the OpenBSD packet filter, and related tools. A basic knowledge of Unix and TCP/IP network configuration is expected and required. Topics covered include</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt">* Configuration on OpenBSD, FreeBSD and NetBSD</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt">* PF ruleset basics and rule interactions: block, pass, match</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt">* Writing maintainable rulesets</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt">* Address families: IPv4 NAT vs IPv6</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt">* Redirections and services with odd dependencies (ftp-proxy, spamd)</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt">* Adaptive rulesets (state tracking tricks)</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt">* ALTQ traffic shaping</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt">* Per user filtering with authpf </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt">* High availability with CARP, relayd </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt">* Wireless vs wired networks</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt">* Filtering bridges</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt">* Logging and monitoring - pflog, pflow and others</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt">* Testing, debugging, and optimizing your configuration</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt">The session will provide updates on the new PF syntax and features introduced in OpenBSD 4.7 (with samples presented in the old and new syntax where appropriate), with newer updates and reviews of relevant new features in the upcoming OpenBSD 5.0 release.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px"><span style="font-size:11pt">The tutorial is loosely based on Hansteen's book, The Book of PF (No Starch Press, second edition November 2010).</span><br>
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<p style="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-indent:0px"><span style="font-size:small;font-weight:600;font-style:italic">Tutor: </span><span style="font-size:small">Peter N. M. Hansteen is a consultant, writer and sysadmin from Bergen, Norway. A long time freenix advocate and during recent years a frequent lecturer and tutor with emphasis on OpenBSD and FreeBSD, author of several articles and The Book of PF (No Starch Press 2007, 2nd edition November 2010). He writes a frequently slashdotted blog at <a href="http://bsdly.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://bsdly.blogspot.com/</a></span></p>
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