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Date:      Sat, 11 Dec 2004 19:26:59 +0200
From:      McLone the Great <mclone@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-pf@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ipfw vs ipfilter
Message-ID:  <451cb3010412110926238827de@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <451cb3010412110737382bf5d9@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <6.2.0.7.1.20041211171714.02128e78@pop.phreaker.net> <451cb3010412110737382bf5d9@mail.gmail.com>

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On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 17:22:38 +0300, Castl Troy <mastah@phreaker.net> wrote:
> Can anybody help me with understanding the difference between
> ipfilter(ipf) and ipfirewall (ipfw).
the main differences is [imho]
- ipf is last-match, ipfw is first-match filters
- ipf runs on many unices, ipfw is FreeBSD project

by last match i mean packet goes thru _all_ rules, and not exits
processing chain after first successfull rule match like in
ipchains/iptables

> Any link to docs or info will greatly help me.
obfuscation.org/ipf/

> I use FreeBSD for almost 5 years, but i used only ipfw for packet
> routing and never use ipfilter for this.
routing is done by kernel, not filter btw.

> I wonder is it "internal" packet routing mechanism or maybe it is
> just for compatibility with OpenBSD?
as of 3.0 OpenBSD switched from ipf to PF (which i use on FreeBSD). Read
openbsd.org/faq/pf/ - it's powerfull!

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