From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 24 14:31:26 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2943F16A41C for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 14:31:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com) Received: from mta10.adelphia.net (mta10.adelphia.net [68.168.78.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA9B043D48 for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 14:31:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com) Received: from barbish ([69.172.31.81]) by mta10.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.01 201-2131-118-101-20041129) with SMTP id <20050624143122.ZVZK19267.mta10.adelphia.net@barbish>; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 10:31:22 -0400 From: "fbsd_user" To: "Khanh Cao Van" , "freebsd-questions" Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 10:31:21 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <5fd642fc05062406331e283ffe@mail.gmail.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Importance: Normal Cc: Subject: RE: firewall on FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 14:31:26 -0000 Which firewall you select to use should be based on your level of understanding of how information is moved across the internet. Ipfilter is best suited for people who are just learning about firewalling. PF is a little more automated and the rules are very close to IPF's. IPFW is for the advanced firewall users who have expert understanding of the internet. All 3 firewalls support stateful rules and are available in the 5.4 release. Best advice is start with Ipfilter and when you find out that you have needs which are not met by Ipfilter then move over to IPFW. -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Khanh Cao Van Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 9:33 AM To: freebsd-questions Subject: firewall on freebsd I'm going to learn about the freebsd firewall . In the handbook list some of them and I could not find out what is the best . So I decided to post here hoping to gain some of your opinion and experience . I would like to know what firewall was the most wanted ? I have used Linux several months and IP tables was a good statefull firewall . What about in freeBSD ? Thank for reading :) -- ---------------------------------- Cao Van Khanh _______________________________________________ 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"