Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 12:17:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Kenneth Wayne Culver <culverk@wam.umd.edu> To: Alfatrion <alfatrion@cybertron.tmfweb.nl> Cc: "Maine LOA List Admin (Brent Bailey)" <brentb@loa.com>, "Hartmann, O." <ohartman@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IPFW or IPFILTER? Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0110121216390.27495-100000@sun10pg2.wam.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <3BC700CE.8000201@cybertron.tmfweb.nl>
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On Fri, 12 Oct 2001, Alfatrion wrote: > Maine LOA List Admin (Brent Bailey) wrote: > > > I tried IPFILTER for awhile ...and it very easy to use...but ..in my opinion > > it isnt as configurable as IPFW. > > IPFW is a little more to setup ...but still pretty easy ...and the syntax > > isnt that hard to understand. Its best feature is its VERY > > configurable...and as long as you keep logging to a minimum ...it doesnt use > > alot of resources. > > Seems its memeory intensive than anything ...running a firewall that is > > > > I find IPF more configurable as IPFW. I don't know how to do the > folowing in IPFW: pass out quick on tun0 proto tcp from any to any keep > state. > IPFW has state keeping, but I don't think it's anywhere as easy to get it working right. Ken > Alex > > > > > 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-stable" in the body of the message
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