Date: Tue, 07 May 2002 18:30:38 -0400 From: Tom Limoncelli <tal@lumeta.com> To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: ipf vs. ipfw Message-ID: <3CD8558E.2FA68C36@lumeta.com>
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I use ipf, and recently some people have asked me about ipfw that I couldn't answer. Hopefully people on this list can enlighten me. Are ipf and ipfw different interfaces to the same in-kernel filtering mechanism? It doesn't look like it is, but I'd like that confirmed. Is ipfw related at all to the Linux ipfw? The syntax looks the same, but the man page doesn't mention Linux. Why does FreeBSD have both? Is it because ipf is generic (ported to Solaris, IRIX, OpenBSD, etc) and ipfw is specifically designed for FreeBSD? Thanks in advance! --tal P.S. I'm collecting data here: http://whatexit.org/tal/mywritings/freefilters.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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