Probably yet another IPtables question

Hiya, I am running an openBSD box in between my router and the rest of my network. Would IPtables be the best implementation? (suggestions appreciated) If so, could someone point me to a general tutorial on the IPtables syntax. I know what I want as far as rules.. just pulling it off seamlessly is the problem. Thanx again in advance.

You can not use iptables in OpenBSD as iptables are just an interface for netfliter, which is a linux kernel "packet mangling" infrastructure just like pf is for openbsd. So if you use OpenBSD you practically have to stick with PF, which is also awesome!

Everything you need to get going with PF is in this howto:
- pf-howto

also a good reference is the man page (man pf.conf), as well as the official faq:
- official faq

Finally, there is a great howto for the previous version of PF, the IPF hich uses mostly the same syntax.
- ipf-howto

hey! thats why I couldnt find any source or installs for IPtables that were interoperable with bsd variants!! lol.. I must say I can't believe I thought I could use it. Well this helps out tons... the ruleset will be done soon.. Im taking quite a finicky approach closing as many holes as I can.. I might end up posting the source when Im done.. thanx again!

good luck with the implementation, let us know if you meet any difficulties

Post your rules, I havent looked over PF much..