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Oracle Solaris Administration: IP Services Oracle Solaris 11 Information Library |
1. Planning the Network Deployment
2. Considerations When Using IPv6 Addresses
3. Configuring an IPv4 Network
4. Enabling IPv6 on the Network
5. Administering a TCP/IP Network
7. Troubleshooting Network Problems
11. Administering the ISC DHCP Service
12. Configuring and Administering the DHCP Client
13. DHCP Commands and Files (Reference)
14. IP Security Architecture (Overview)
16. IP Security Architecture (Reference)
17. Internet Key Exchange (Overview)
19. Internet Key Exchange (Reference)
20. IP Filter in Oracle Solaris (Overview)
Information Sources for Open Source IP Filter
Guidelines for Using IP Filter
Using IP Filter Configuration Files
Using IP Filter's Packet Filtering Feature
Configuring Packet Filtering Rules
Using IP Filter's Address Pools Feature
Part IV Networking Performance
22. Integrated Load Balancer Overview
23. Configuration of Integrated Load Balancer (Tasks)
24. Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (Overview)
25. VRRP Configuration (Tasks)
26. Implementing Congestion Control
Part V IP Quality of Service (IPQoS)
27. Introducing IPQoS (Overview)
28. Planning for an IPQoS-Enabled Network (Tasks)
29. Creating the IPQoS Configuration File (Tasks)
30. Starting and Maintaining IPQoS (Tasks)
31. Using Flow Accounting and Statistics Gathering (Tasks)
In the current release, packet filter hooks replace the pfil module to enable IP Filter. In previous Solaris releases, configuration of the pfil module was required as an additional step to set up IP Filter. This extra configuration requirement increased the risk of errors that would cause IP Filter to work improperly. The insertion of the pfil STREAMS module between IP and the device driver also caused performance degradation. Lastly, the pfil module could not perform packet interception between zones.
The use of packet filter hooks streamlines the procedure to enable IP Filter. Through these hooks, IP Filter uses pre-routing (input) and post-routing (output) filter taps to control packet flow into and out of the Oracle Solaris system.
Packet filter hooks eliminate the need for the pfil module. Thus the following components that are associated with the module are also removed.
pfil driver
pfil daemon
svc:/network/pfil SMF service
For tasks associated with enabling IP Filter, see Chapter 21, IP Filter (Tasks).