Junos OS

Could someone explain to me the difference between the following:

Configuring a firewall filter under "set firewall filter"

and

Configuring a firewall filter under "set firewall family inet filter"

Hi,

As the name suggests, "set firewall filter <name>" is for v4(inet) alone where as "set firewall family <any, bridge, ccc, evpn, inet, inet6,mpls,vpls>" give you wide range of family options.

jtac-mx960-re0# set firewall ?         
Possible completions:
+ apply-groups         Groups from which to inherit configuration data
+ apply-groups-except  Don't inherit configuration data from these groups
> atm-policer          Atm policer
> family               Protocol family
> filter               Define an IPv4 firewall filter

jtac-mx960-re0# set firewall family ?
Possible completions:
> any                  Protocol-independent filter
> bridge               Protocol family BRIDGE for firewall filter
> ccc                  Protocol family CCC for firewall filter
> evpn                 Protocol family EVPN for firewall filter
> inet                 Protocol family IPv4 for firewall filter
> inet6                Protocol family IPv6 for firewall filter
> mpls                 Protocol family MPLS for firewall filter
> vpls                 Protocol family VPLS for firewall filter

Hi Kharan,

Thank you.

Yes, I jumped the gun a little asking the question as I just found the answer out.

Family inet filter and firewall filter are the equivelant for IPv4.

Thanks