Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 16:02:08 -0700 From: root <root@webserver.get-linux.org> To: andre thomasson <andre@krang.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: User comments: ipfw or ipfilter. Message-ID: <20030423230208.GA2839@webserver.get-linux.org> In-Reply-To: <001b01c30984$f25add00$2900a8c0@teatern> References: <001b01c30984$f25add00$2900a8c0@teatern>
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On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 12:41:19PM +0200 or thereabouts, andre thomasson seemed to write: > Hi all! > > Im new at this, and this is my first contribution to this great mailinglist. :-) > > My problem is that i really cant decide wich type of firewall i shall use, by reading this mailinglist, and the FreeBSD handbook i realize that Ipfw is some kind of defactostandard in the FreeBSD world. > > But in otherhand, friend?s to me is pointing that IPFILTER is a better choice. > ( yes i know that it depends on my ruleset how secure the firewalls will be ) > Im so confused, plese let me know your thoughts about this. I have used both, and I must say that I definitely cast my vote for ipf. It keeps state in a much better way than ipfw, in my opinion. There are some great tutorials/example configs floating around on the 'net. Hope this helps, -- Josh > > Thank you very much for your attention > > / Andre Thomasson aka Mempheria > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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