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    Last Updated May 24, 2021 1:51 pm
    Vangie Beal
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    Short for Packet Filter PF is more commonly called the OpenBSD Packet Filter. Packet Filter is the system used by OpenBSD for filtering TCP/IP traffic and also for doing Network Address Translation (NAT). Packet Filter has been included in the OpenBSD kernel since the release of OpenBSD version 3.0.

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    Vangie Beal is a freelance business and technology writer covering Internet technologies and online business since the late '90s.

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