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>
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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
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