IPF-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated October 06, 2026

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Category: IP and Core Protocols, VPN and Security

Description: IP filtering MIB providing SNMP objects for packet filter rule management and traffic statistics on IP firewall implementations.

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What Is IPF-MIB?

IPF-MIB is a private MIB (enterprise OID 1055) managing IPFilter (ipf), the BSD/Solaris packet-filtering firewall, and its associated NAT rules. Its objects cover MIB/IPF version, filter state, a command trigger, default action, a rule-parsing table (status, entry number, rule text, parse error), a current-filter-rules table (status, number, text, flags, hit count, bytes), and an equivalent current-NAT-rules table (status, number, text, hit count). As a configuration/performance MIB it lets an administrator confirm which IPFilter rules are active and watch their hit counts to see which rules are actually being matched. It is deployed on BSD/Solaris systems running IPFilter (ipf). Engineers can download the IPF-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in IPF-MIB. Use the built-in SNMP Monitoring Browser to explore available variables, view their current values and descriptions, and select the objects you want to monitor. You can then create SNMP monitors, configure thresholds, and receive alerts when monitored values change.

Supported Devices

  • BSD/Solaris systems running IPFilter (ipf)

Monitoring Examples

An administrator checks ipfCurrRuleHits to confirm a specific firewall rule is actively matching traffic as expected on a BSD/Solaris system running IPFilter.

What Can Be Monitored

  • active firewall/NAT rules and their hit counts
Imported Objects

From SNMPv2-SMI

OBJECT-TYPE
enterprises

From SNMPv2-TC

DisplayString
OIDs

RFC description

Manages IP filtering and policy-based routing rules and statistics on network devices.

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Download IPF-MIB