Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Wed, 30 Jun 2004 13:57:29 -0400
From:      Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        socrel@gmx.net
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: comparision of firewalling on Linux and FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <F3EC6703-CABE-11D8-9B33-003065ABFD92@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <20040630_174750_040174.socrel@gmx.net>
References:  <20040630_174750_040174.socrel@gmx.net>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Jun 30, 2004, at 1:47 PM, socrel@gmx.net wrote:
> Looking for considered comparisions of firewalling on Linux and 
> FreeBSD.

Hmm, what you should be considering is whether you want to use pf/IPF, 
or IPFW.  If IPFW makes more sense to you, use FreeBSD.  If you want to 
use IPF, either platform will do, but I'd still recommend FreeBSD.

> I am especially interested in learning about ease of connection 
> tracking

Like what, logging packets with the SYN bit set?  IPFW gives you that 
easily.

> and of getting packets into user space for analysis via scripts.

The BPF + tools like tcpdump, snort, and whatnot...

-- 
-Chuck



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?F3EC6703-CABE-11D8-9B33-003065ABFD92>