Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 03:26:07 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> Cc: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: firewall on FreeBSD Message-ID: <20050627002607.GA84977@gothmog.gr> In-Reply-To: <42BF1B0F.6010402@dial.pipex.com> References: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGMEIMHHAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com> <200506241731.13651.martin@orbweavers.co.uk> <08A3A012657D73D10A220154@Paul-Schmehls-Computer.local> <20050625064224.GB4460@masterpost> <1585990126FE46C02925C321@Paul-Schmehls-Computer.local> <42BDEB5E.5030003@dial.pipex.com> <20050626031837.GB3020@gothmog.gr> <42BF1B0F.6010402@dial.pipex.com>
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On 2005-06-26 22:15, Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> wrote: > Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > >On 2005-06-26 00:40, Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> wrote: > >>>pf on freebsd does support the "quick" keyword. The "default" > >>>firewall, ipfw, does not. > >>> > >>This makes no sense to me. The two firewalls work very differently. > >>[...] > >> > >You describe very nicely the way rules are matched by two of the three > >different firewalls available on FreeBSD. The description, being very > >correct, *does* make sense. > > > >Why do you say that ``This makes no sense to you'' > > Maybe I'm misreading something, or taking it out of context, but the > statement "ipfw does not support the quick keyword" makes no sense to > me. [...] Am *I* making any more sense, now? Yes, thank you :)
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