Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 00:46:38 -0600 From: Christopher Schulte <schulte+freebsd@nospam.schulte.org> To: Alex.Wilkinson@dsto.defence.gov.au, FreeBSD-Security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pf OR ipf ? Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20020328004006.040094d0@pop3s.schulte.org> In-Reply-To: <20020328165033.S76574-100000@squirm.dsto.defence.gov.au>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
At 04:51 PM 3/28/2002 +1030, Wilkinson,Alex wrote: >Is it possible to use OpenBSD's pf (Packet Filter - Firewall) with FreeBSD ? >Or shall I use IPF ? Nope. Use IPF or IPFW with FreeBSD. There was a long thread on this topic on comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc in Feb 2002. Probably elsewhere too. In a nutshell, OpenBSD's PF only exists because of licensing issues with IPF. No such problems exist on FreeBSD, so PF is not really needed. Thus, I don't think there's any compelling reason to port it to FreeBSD. > - Alex -- Christopher Schulte http://www.schulte.org/ Do not un-munge my @nospam.schulte.org email address. This address is valid. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?5.1.0.14.0.20020328004006.040094d0>