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NPF(7) Miscellaneous Information Manual NPF(7) NAME NPF - NetBSD packet filter DESCRIPTION NPF is a layer 3 packet filter, supporting IPv4 and IPv6 as well as layer 4 protocols such as TCP, UDP, and ICMP. It was designed with a focus on high performance, scalability, and modularity. FEATURES NPF offers the traditional set of features provided by packet filters. Some key features are: ⊕ Stateful inspection (connection tracking). ⊕ Network address translation (NAT). This includes static (stateless) and dynamic (stateful) translation, port translation, bi-directional NAT, etc. ⊕ IPv6-to-IPv6 network prefix translation (NPTv6). ⊕ Tables for efficient IP sets. ⊕ Application Level Gateways (e.g., to support traceroute). ⊕ Use of BPF with just-in-time (JIT) compilation. ⊕ Rule procedures and a framework for NPF extensions. ⊕ Traffic normalisation (extension). ⊕ Packet logging (extension). For a full set of features and their description, see the NPF documentation website and other manual pages. SEE ALSO libnpf(3), bpf(4), bpfjit(4), npf.conf(5), npf-params(7), pcap-filter(7), npfctl(8), npfd(8) NPF project page: https://github.com/rmind/npf/ NPF documentation website: http://rmind.github.io/npf/ HISTORY NPF was written from scratch in 2009 and is distributed under the 2-clause BSD license. It first appeared in NetBSD 6.0. AUTHORS NPF was designed and implemented by Mindaugas Rasiukevicius. NetBSD 10.99 August 11, 2019 NetBSD 10.99