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Date:      Wed, 21 May 2014 12:14:12 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Lucius Rizzo <Lucius.Rizzo@The.ie>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: What is your favourite/best firewall on FreeBSD and why?
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1405211208350.4683@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <20140520070926.GA92183@The.ie>
References:  <20140520070926.GA92183@The.ie>

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On Tue, 20 May 2014, Lucius Rizzo wrote:

> Ultimately, outside configuration differences all firewalls are essentially
> serve the same purpose but I wonder what is your favorite and why? If
> you were to run FreeBSD in production, which of the three would you
> choose? IPFilter, PF or IPFW?

I started with IPFW and used it a long time.  Then I switched to PF, 
which has been easier to configure.  Certainly PF is what I would use 
for any new projects.



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