Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:14:14 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: firewall high-load performance Message-ID: <20080611001227.K13017@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <20080610152240.GB66787@kokopelli.hydra> References: <20080610152240.GB66787@kokopelli.hydra>
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> My preferred firewall these days, for general use, is pf. I seem to > recall someone who has used it in high-load scenarios that it can kinda > choke at high loads, though I don't recall whether that was due to pf > itself or the fact he was running it on OpenBSD. Until now, this has not > been a concern for me. it would be good to check out ipfw. at least it's IMHO much cleaner and easier to make rules i need, but it is fast. but please check, i don't have any side-to-side comparision. of course it depends how you rules are complicated and how good/bad you will define them.
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