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Date:      Sun, 14 Mar 1999 19:29:51 +0100
From:      sthaug@nethelp.no
To:        wes@softweyr.com
Cc:        ru@ucb.crimea.ua, dg@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ipflow and ipfirewall
Message-ID:  <5418.921436191@verdi.nethelp.no>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 14 Mar 1999 11:23:43 -0700"
References:  <36EBFEAF.C37CFCE6@softweyr.com>

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> > The way I see it, "fast forward" would be for router boxes at the core
> > of your network. Here you're concerned about speed. Firewall filtering
> > you normally want to do at the edges, where you're not so concerned about
> > speed.
> 
> Apparently you see only networks where all users are equally trusted.

No.

> Most don't.  Of course, if you were really worried about security,
> you wouldn't be using shared media and routers, would you?

I think you're misunderstanding what I'm saying. I think that having a
"fast forward" option *available* is nice - for instance for situations
where you want your FreeBSD box to *only* act as a router and want the
highest performance.

If you don't like the fact that the "fast foward" path doesn't include
filtering, then you simply shouldn't use the "fast foward" path. Is this
so difficult?

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no


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