Date: Thu, 02 Jan 1997 12:34:46 -0600 From: Hal Snyder <hal@vailsys.com> To: rohit@cs.umd.edu Cc: security@freebsd.org, nash@mcs.com Subject: Re: Which Firewall : ipfw or ipfilter? Message-ID: <32CBFFC6.6A14@vailsys.com> References: <199701021413.JAA09309@darling.cs.umd.edu>
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rohit@cs.umd.edu wrote: > Is one of ipfw and ipfilter accepted to be 'the' FreeBSD firewall > today? I don't have a definitive answer, but - ipfw has been part of FreeBSD longer than ipfilter, and is maturing nicely. It is actively maintained, documentation is improving, and reports of its demise are exagerated. Be sure to look at /etc/rc.firewall in any recent release for sample rule sets. [I never got around to looking into ipfilter because ipfw has always done what was needed.]
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