Securing the Network in Oracle^® Solaris 11.4

Chapter 4

Oracle Solaris Firewall

This chapter provides an overview of the Packet Filter (PF) feature of Oracle Solaris. For PF tasks, see Configuring the Firewall in Oracle Solaris.

This chapter covers the following topics:

• Introduction to Packet Filter

• Comparing PF in Oracle Solaris to IP Filter and to OpenBSD Packet Filter

• Packet Filter Firewall and Packet Processing

• Packet Filter Configuration File and the firewall Service

• Packet Filter Rule Syntax

• Packet Filter Rule Processing

• Packet Filter Logging

• Packet Filter References