Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 22:25:50 +0100 From: "Lars Wittebrood" <info@lawnet.xs4all.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IPF or IPFIREWALL? Message-ID: <959vmm$lv6$1@news1.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101311342200.42120-100000@ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de>
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Hi Oliver, IPFW is code of the FreeBSD core team and is thus the most native. Ip Filter is written and continuesly in development by a guy named Darren Reed. Ip filter has some NAT stuff to and IPFW not, but IPFW has something named Dummynet. But I don't know what that is. Ip Filter has some nice proxies also (FTP!!!!!). Both provide you a statefull filter, which is very nice. It's a matter of taste really. One guy buys a BMW and an other buys an Audi. I use Ip filter because the rulesets are very readable (it's almost normal english) and on FreeBSD updating is very easy ..... Goodluck with your choise!!!! Lars Wittebrood. "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@ipamzlx.PHysik.uni-mainz.DE> wrote in message news:list.freebsd.questions#Pine.BSF.4.21.0101311342200.42120-100000@ipamzlx .physik.uni-mainz.de... > And again, > I want to ask for the usage of both built in IP filtering units for > FreeBSD (we use actually 4.2-STABLE). > > What are the benefits of each filter type? > Which one is the faster one? > Are there any advantages/disadvantages to mention? > > Which one of the filter is the most "FreeBSD" native? > > Thanks in advance, > > Oliver > > - > MfG > O. Hartmann > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > ohartman@ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de > > Klimadatenserver-Abteilung des IPA > IT Netz- und Systembetreuung > Johannes Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz > Becherweg 21 > D-55099 Mainz > > Tel: +496131/3924662 (Maschinensaal) > Tel: +496131/3924144 > FAX: +496131/3923532 > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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