HP-UX IPFilter Version 17 Administrator's Guide

Table of Contents
About This Document .....................................................................................................13
Intended Audience................................................................................................................................13
New and Changed Information in This Edition...................................................................................13
New Features in this Release...........................................................................................................13
Fixes in this Release.........................................................................................................................14
Fixes for HP-UX 11i v3...............................................................................................................14
QXCR1000923645—Provide tunable to enable/disable NAT functionality..........................14
QXCR1000923671—Enhancement to list interfaces not covered..........................................14
QXCR1000888008—The ipfstat -io and ipfilter -q commands return the wrong
status.....................................................................................................................................14
QXCR1000866813—The ipfilter(8) command removes secondary and further IP
addresses by -d option.........................................................................................................14
QXCR1000926632—The pfilboot script does not unplumb interface when interface is
down.....................................................................................................................................14
QXCR1000926637—The ipfstat -Q command causes panic when pfil module is not
bound to any interface..........................................................................................................14
QXCR1000926726—Multicast packets more than 84 bytes are corrupted in IPFilter and
dropped in IP module...........................................................................................................14
QXCR1000950055—The ipmon utility does not format IP addresses and protocol
correctly.................................................................................................................................14
QXCR1000971666—ipfboot stop forces ip_forward_directed_broadcasts back
to 1 ........................................................................................................................................14
Fixes for HP-UX 11i v2...............................................................................................................15
QXCR1000923645—Provide tunable to enable/disable NAT functionality..........................15
QXCR1000926726—Multicast packets more than 84 bytes are corrupted in IPFilter and
dropped in IP module...........................................................................................................15
QXCR1000950055—The ipmon utility does not format IP addresses and protocol
correctly.................................................................................................................................15
QXCR1000971666—ipfboot stop forces ip_forward_directed_broadcasts back
to 1 ........................................................................................................................................15
Typographic Conventions.....................................................................................................................15
Related Information..............................................................................................................................16
Publishing History................................................................................................................................17
HP Encourages Your Comments..........................................................................................................17
1 Overview.......................................................................................................................19
1.1 Benefits and Features......................................................................................................................19
1.2 Supported and Unsupported Features............................................................................................20
2 Installing HP-UX IPFilter................................................................................................21
2.1 Overview of HP-UX IPFilter Installation........................................................................................21
2.1.1 Installation and Configuration Checklist................................................................................21
2.2 Step 1: Checking HP-UX IPFilter Installation Prerequisites...........................................................21
2.3 Step 2: Installing HP-UX IPFilter.....................................................................................................21
2.4 Step 3: Verifying the Installation.....................................................................................................23
2.5 Step 4: (Optional) Modifying Kernel Tunable Parameters..............................................................23
2.6 Removing HP-UX IPFilter...............................................................................................................23
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