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Describe in as much detail as possible the availability of PF for the

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entire range of FreeBSD versions that may be in use out there.  The
tabular layout doesn't look exactly perfect, but this is a stylesheet
issue, which we can fix separately.

Some info by:	mlaier
Discussed with:	Brad Davis <so14k@so14k.com>
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not be made part of this handbook firewall section as that would
just be duplicated effort.</para>
<para>For versions of &os; younger than 5.0 and older than 5.3 you
can find <acronym>PF</acronym> in the &os; ports collection here:
<filename role="package">security/pf</filename>. Upgrading to 5.3
is strongly recommended.</para>
<para>The availability of PF for the various &os; releases and versions is
summarized below:</para>
<note>
<para><acronym>PF</acronym> is not available for &os;&nbsp;4.X.</para>
</note>
<informaltable frame="none" pgwide="1">
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>&os; Version</entry>
<entry>PF Availability</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>Pre-4.X versions</entry>
<entry>PF is not available for any release of &os; older than the
4.X branch.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>All versions of the 4.X branch</entry>
<entry>PF is available as part of KAME.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>5.X releases before 5.3-RELEASE</entry>
<entry>The <filename role="package">security/pf</filename>
port can be used to install PF on these versions of &os;.
These releases were targeted to developers and people who
wanted a preview of early 5.X versions. Upgrading to
5.3-RELEASE or newer versions of &os; is strongly
recommended.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>5.3-RELEASE and later versions</entry>
<entry>PF is part of the base system.
Do <emphasis>not</emphasis> use the
<filename role="package">security/pf</filename> port
on these versions of &os;. It won't work.
Use the &man.pf.9; support of the base system instead.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
<para>More info can be found at the PF for &os; web site: <ulink
url="http://pf4freebsd.love2party.net/"></ulink>.</para>