Commands

ipfwadm

-A command parameters [options]

ipfwadm

-I command parameters [options]

ipfwadm

-O command parameters [options]

ipfwadm

-F command parameters [options]

ipfwadm

-M [ -l | -s ] [options]

This command is used to set up and maintain IP firewall (both input -I and output -O) and accounting (-A option).

Example: To display your current rule set, use

ipfwadm -l
-A [direction] IP accounting rules. Direction specifies which direction of packet travel the accounting refers to (in, out, or both).
-I IP input firewall rules.
-O IP output firewall rules.
-F IP forwarding firewall rules.
-M IP masquerading administration. Use with -l and -s ...

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