Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 23:03:42 -0400 From: Ben Williams <williamsl@home.com> To: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> Cc: Carlton Haycock <chaycock1@mindspring.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re[2]: ipfilter vs ipfw Message-ID: <19960.000710@home.com> In-Reply-To: <200007110020.e6B0K9U23644@lerami.lerctr.org> References: <200007110020.e6B0K9U23644@lerami.lerctr.org>
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Will ipmon(8) not do the type of logging you need? --Ben Williams mailto:received@email dot com Quoting Larry Rosenman Monday, July 10, 2000 > Seems that IPFilter does BETTER stateful rules than a "hack" (a friends term) > to IPFW to do dynamic rules. >>From running ipfw for a short time, I've converted over to ipfilter. > I just wish the rc* scripts supported ipfilter better, and that there > was some standard reporting mechanism for the logging output like there > is for ipfw. > Larry Rosenman >> >> Hello, >> >> I am in the process of building a firewall using FreeBsd. I am aware of the firewall >> built into the kernel (ipfw), but I also see alot of people talking about another package >> called IPFILTER. I have seen comments stating that IPFILTER is better, but no one >> has yet to say why or why they prefer it. I would be most appreciative if someone >> could give a brief overview of the differences as far as functionality is concerned. >> I have read the how-to's and stuff on FreeBsd Diary but can find nothing that does >> a comparison of the two. >> >> Thanks, >> Carlton >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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