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Date:      Mon, 11 Dec 2000 07:27:01 +0100
From:      =?iso-8859-1?Q?R=E9mi_Guyomarch?= <rguyom@pobox.com>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: IPFIREWALL or IPFILTER?
Message-ID:  <20001211072701.I22773@diabolic-cow.chatgris.net>
In-Reply-To: <20001210194532.H86825@elvis.mu.org>; from billf@mu.org on Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 07:45:32PM -0600
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012031955270.59659-100000@ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de> <00dd01c05e2e$e42a0700$0b6cffc8@infolink.com.br> <20001209112247.A22773@diabolic-cow.chatgris.net> <20001210111051.F86825@elvis.mu.org> <20001210194648.B22773@diabolic-cow.chatgris.net> <20001210194532.H86825@elvis.mu.org>

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On Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 07:45:32PM -0600, Bill Fumerola wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 07:46:48PM +0100, Rémi Guyomarch wrote:
> 
> > > Actually, _you're_ wrong. DUMMYNET is very ipfw specific.
> > 
> > Check the mail archives. You can use both firewall packages at the
> > same time. If you want to use IPFilter, then simply add it to the
> > kernel config, along with IPFIREWALL (ipfw) and DUMMYNET :
> > 
> > options IPFIREWALL
> > options IPFIREWALL_DEFAULT_TO_ACCEPT
> > options DUMMYNET
> > options IPFILTER
> > options IPFILTER_LOG
> 
> I'm very familiar with ipfw's workings, thanks. The fact remains
> that DUMMYNET works with IPFIREWALL only. IPFILTER works in unison
> with IPFIREWALL(aka ipfw), but you can't use DUMMYNET pipes with
> IPFILTER rules..

Yes, you're right. But the (user-level) fact is, you can use ipf and
dummynet on the same machine without troubles (beside the fact that
packets rejected / dropped by ipf won't be seen by dummynet).

-- 
Rémi


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