From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 30 03:35:26 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4660F16A4CE for ; Fri, 30 Jul 2004 03:35:26 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mx01.bos.ma.towardex.com (mx01.bos.ma.towardex.com [65.124.16.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2401D43D45 for ; Fri, 30 Jul 2004 03:35:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from haesu@mx01.bos.ma.towardex.com) Received: by mx01.bos.ma.towardex.com (TowardEX ESMTP 3.0p11_DAKN, from userid 1001) id 5D58E2F925; Thu, 29 Jul 2004 23:35:11 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 23:35:11 -0400 From: James To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040730033511.GA10528@scylla.towardex.com> References: <41081955.5090204@schluting.com> <40658576.20040729110943@b-o.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <40658576.20040729110943@b-o.ru> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Subject: Re: packet order, ipf or ipfw X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 03:35:26 -0000 Hi all, I was wondering for some time in a while.. How is the performance difference in general between IPFW2 and PF in stateless rules? I know performance really is hard to tell and depends on your environment. Are they just about the same since stateless rules are going at linear rate of O(N) on both firewalls? I am not trying to start a religious war or anything. Just want to get an idea of what developers think on both packet filters in regards to stateless rules. Thanks, -J -- James Jun TowardEX Technologies, Inc. Technical Lead Network Design, Consulting, IT Outsourcing james@towardex.com Boston-based Colocation & Bandwidth Services cell: 1(978)-394-2867 web: http://www.towardex.com , noc: www.twdx.net