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.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd June 22, 1997
+.Dd October 28, 2002
.Dt IPFW 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm ipfw
.Nd IP packet filter and traffic accounting
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Em ipfw
-is a system facility which allows filtering,
-redirecting, and other operations on IP packets travelling through
-system interfaces.
+The
+.Nm
+system facility allows filtering,
+redirecting, and other operations on
+.Tn IP
+packets travelling through
+network interfaces.
.Pp
The user interface for
-.Em ipfw
+.Nm
is implemented by the
-.Nm ipfw
-program, so the reader is referred to the
.Xr ipfw 8
-manpage for a complete description of the capabilities of
-.Em ipfw
-and how to use it.
-.Pp
-.Sh KERNEL OPTIONS
+utility, so please refer to the
+.Xr ipfw 8
+manpage for a complete description of the
+.Nm
+capabilities and how to use it.
+.Ss Kernel Options
The following options in the kernel configuration file are related to
-.Em ipfw
+.Nm
operation:
-Options in the kernel configuration file:
-.Bl -tag -width "options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE_LIMIT"
-.It Cd options IPFIREWALL
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width ".Dv IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE_LIMIT" -compact
+.It Dv IPFIREWALL
+enable
+.Nm
+.It Dv IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE
enable
.Nm
-.It Cd options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE
-enable firewall logging
-.It Cd options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE_LIMIT
-limit firewall logging
-.It Cd options IPDIVERT
+logging
+.It Dv IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE_LIMIT
+limit
+.Nm
+logging
+.It Dv IPDIVERT
enable
.Xr divert 4
sockets
.El
-.Pp
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr setsockopt 2 ,
.Xr divert 4 ,
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