Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2014 08:39:11 +0100 From: krad <kraduk@gmail.com> To: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Future of pf / firewall in FreeBSD ? - does it have one ? Message-ID: <CALfReyerXQm6ehhtKXcJ9XD5fr=0LBShtD8EAUjd9p07xcQvjw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20140731134147.GH2402@glebius.int.ru> References: <53C706C9.6090506@com.jkkn.dk> <6326AB9D-C19A-434B-9681-380486C037E2@lastsummer.de> <53CB4736.90809@bluerosetech.com> <201407200939020335.0017641F@smtp.24cl.home> <788274E2-7D66-45D9-89F6-81E8C2615D14@lastsummer.de> <201407201230590265.00B479C4@smtp.24cl.home> <20140729103512.GC89995@FreeBSD.org> <53DA304E.6020105@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20140731134147.GH2402@glebius.int.ru>
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I always found natting in ipfw rather awkward and harder than in pf. Looking at the man page it doesnt seem to have changed. I should probably give it another go though as it has been about 10 years now On 31 July 2014 14:41, Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 10:02:22PM +1000, Da Rock wrote: > D> Without diminishing your efforts so far, what do you think about > D> pitching all efforts into IPFW to combine effort and reduce overhead of > D> maintaining separate firewalls in the core? Is there an advantage to > D> having our own pf? > > Is there any disadvantage keeping it? It is a plugin. It is optional > and loadable. I removed most additions to the network stack that live > outside netpfil/pf. > > Some people like it and use it. > > It is also the only tool to configure ALTQ now. > > -- > Totus tuus, Glebius. > _______________________________________________ > 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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