PF and ALTQ

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PF and ALTQ

Hi, Please someone could help me in how to install PF and ALTQ into MAC OS X ?

I want to use it, I know how to use it etc, it is more reliable than IPFW as a firewall also associated with ALTQ for QoS the network usage is astonishing the performance obtained even in a notebook, for navigate.
Please if someone knows how, have an idea, know any information or know if Apple is porting this to Mac OS X please advise me, send me the links.
Thanks

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.7)

Posted on Jul 27, 2009 9:04 PM

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Answer 1

dbsneddon

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Jul 27, 2009 9:12 PM in response to lvcargnini

Maybe if you can explain exactly what PF and ALTQ are...

I doubt Apple will be porting anything like this since they
already have a firewall... since you know how to use it
presumably you know where you can download it. Check
with the suppliers of the software to see if they will be
providing a version for Mac,

This forum is frequented by Apple users, not Apple.

Dave

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lvcargnini Author

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Jul 27, 2009 9:48 PM in response to dbsneddon

Well explaining what are PF and ALTQ:
PF - Packet Filtering
ALTQ - Alternate Queuing of network packets

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/firewalls-pf.html is the official FreeBSD web site.

Simply: PF+ALTQ is the combination fo the best existing firewall with the best queueing control system too. Combining the PF for security and ALTQ to control the flow of in/out packets by size of priority you system can achieve nearly full occupation of your network link or for example avoid the user that occupy the entire corporate network or same occupation for everyone every time.

This kind of approaches are possible because of PF and ALTQ, IPFW is good .... is but exist better things since Darwin is a footprint of FreeBSD + MACH kernel, I asking me where is the PF and ALTQ ? and so someone like me did already installed it ?

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