Re: NPF Policy based routing based on interface

Emmanuel Nyarko <[email protected]> Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:28:07 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.devel.network
Message-ID <[email protected]>

> On 27 Mar 2026, at 2:15=E2=80=AFPM, Michael van Elst =
<[email protected]> wrote:
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> [email protected] (Emmanuel Nyarko) writes:
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>> i got access to code rmind@ started on NPF routing on interface and i =
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>> have completed it and I want to commit it on Monday.
>> attached is a diff of the work for review.
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> looks a bit similar to my code that does the same (except for
> fragmenting).
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> E.g.:
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> procedure "via-fast" {
>        route: "iface" rge0, "via" "192.168.0.3", "dup" "true"
> }
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> group ... {
>     pass ... apply "via-fast"
> }
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> would be equivalent to dup-to rge0:192.168.0.3 in ipf.
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Oh okay,=20

so it allows you to introduce a next-hop and also duplicate the packet.=20=


i will be committing what i have today and also update the man page.=20
then we see how you can essily add the patch for =E2=80=9Cvia=E2=80=9D =
and =E2=80=9Cdup=E2=80=9D

Emmanuel