Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 17:19:02 +0200 (MET DST) From: guido@gvr.win.tue.nl (Guido van Rooij) To: taob@io.org (Brian Tao) Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: IPFW vs. IP Filter? Message-ID: <199606221519.RAA05233@gvr.win.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.92.960622093653.4366O-100000@zap.io.org> from Brian Tao at "Jun 22, 96 09:51:50 am"
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Brian Tao wrote: > I'm setting up a FreeBSD-based firewall here, and my original plan > was to go with IPFW in the kernel. However, it seems there isn't any > recent documentation for it (both the man page and the handbook entry > are out of date). IP Filter 3.0.4 (http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/) > also looks very nice, and Andrew Stesin recently recommended it here. > > Should I disable IPFW in the kernel and put IP Filter in its place > then, or can (should?) the two coexist? My main beef is that the IPFW > documentation is rather lacking, and /usr/src/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.c isn't > helpfully commented. Suggestions appreciated. Thanks. I have a router with both ipfilter and ipfw. However, it is an early version of ipfilter. I think it can cooperate well, though I havent looked at the sources recently. You can ask Daren Reed, the auithor of ipfilter (avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au). I think he's also using FreeBSD these days. -Guido
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