Re: Proposed Improvements to NPF

Edgar Fuß <[email protected]> Sat, 7 Jun 2025 10:19:07 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.devel.network
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> 3: DNS hostname lookup support.  (Is this a bad idea from a remote
> firewall rule manipulation attack type of perspective?)
It's prone to chicken-and-egg-problems: your gateway blocks everything 
until the config has been parsed, which needs DNS lookups, which needs 
network connectivity, which your gateway blocks.