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26.Dd December 10, 2001
27.Dt PFLOG 4
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm pflog
31.Nd packet filter logging interface
32.Sh SYNOPSIS
33.Cd "device pflog"
34.Sh DESCRIPTION
35The
9b5a9965 36.Nm
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37interface is a pseudo-device which makes visible all packets logged by
38the packet filter,
39.Xr pf 4 .
40Logged packets can easily be monitored in real
41time by invoking
b958492b 42.Xr tcpdump 1
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43on the
44.Nm
45interface, or stored to disk using
46.Xr pflogd 8 .
47.Pp
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48The pflog0 interface is created automatically at boot if both
49.Xr pf 4
50and
51.Xr pflogd 8
52are enabled;
53further instances can be created using
54.Xr ifconfig 8 .
55.Pp
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56Each packet retrieved on this interface has a header associated
57with it of length
58.Dv PFLOG_HDRLEN .
59This header documents the address family, interface name, rule
60number, reason, action, and direction of the packet that was logged.
61This structure, defined in
44cb301e 62.In net/pf/if_pflog.h
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63looks like
64.Bd -literal -offset indent
65struct pfloghdr {
66 u_int8_t length;
67 sa_family_t af;
68 u_int8_t action;
69 u_int8_t reason;
70 char ifname[IFNAMSIZ];
71 char ruleset[PF_RULESET_NAME_SIZE];
72 u_int32_t rulenr;
73 u_int32_t subrulenr;
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74 uid_t uid;
75 pid_t pid;
76 uid_t rule_uid;
77 pid_t rule_pid;
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78 u_int8_t dir;
79 u_int8_t pad[3];
80};
81.Ed
82.Sh EXAMPLES
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83Create a
84.Nm
85interface
86and monitor all packets logged on it:
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87.Bd -literal -offset indent
88# ifconfig pflog0 up
89# tcpdump -n -e -ttt -i pflog0
90.Ed
91.Sh SEE ALSO
3cd583ef 92.Xr tcpdump 1 ,
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93.Xr inet 4 ,
94.Xr inet6 4 ,
95.Xr netintro 4 ,
96.Xr pf 4 ,
97.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
3cd583ef 98.Xr pflogd 8
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99.Sh HISTORY
100The
101.Nm
102device first appeared in
103.Ox 3.0
104and was then integrated into
105.Dx 1.1
106by Devon H. O'Dell and Simon Schubert.
107.\" .Sh BUGS
108.\" Anything here?