26.1.9 Rule (new), future releases and auto rule add

[johnjces]

I am currently on 26.1.9. Being Fat, Dumb and Happy, (and getting old), I have upgraded a couple times in the new 26.X.X version and just today noticed Rules (new)!!!!

I have exported, reviewed the CSV, (actually semicolon delimited), and found nothing weird, ASFAIK, and imported them back. Over the next hours and days, I will disbale the old rules one by one and check to ensure things work as they should. Anything else I should know or any gotchas?

The main reason for this post is; if and when I add a new port forward under NAT, (and might this area change?), must I now manually create a new firewall rule (Post NAT or Pre-NAT rule... I don't know), which was automatically created before under the old rules? I have read that one must now add the appropriate firewall rule here after adding a new NAT rule, I.E. port forward etc. If so, will this be the norm from now on with future releases? Being more a home user these days, port forwards to new cameras and stuff seems to be the highlight of my days!

Thanks!

John

[Monviech (Cedrik)]

Hello,

if you dont need anything special, you can set the NAT rule to "Pass", that wil automatically allow traffic matching it, but you will not see the firewall rule. Its a built in pf feature that renders the NAT rule as "rdr pass" rule, a mix of NAT and firewall rule.