From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Dec 1 18:44:08 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id SAA13903 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 1 Dec 1996 18:44:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from lestat.nas.nasa.gov (lestat.nas.nasa.gov [129.99.50.29]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA13896 for ; Sun, 1 Dec 1996 18:44:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lestat.nas.nasa.gov (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id SAA06800; Sun, 1 Dec 1996 18:36:48 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199612020236.SAA06800@lestat.nas.nasa.gov> X-Authentication-Warning: lestat.nas.nasa.gov: Host localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: "Daniel O'Callaghan" Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ipfilter vs ipfw Reply-To: Jason Thorpe From: Jason Thorpe Date: Sun, 01 Dec 1996 18:36:48 -0800 Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 2 Dec 1996 13:35:01 +1100 (EST) "Daniel O'Callaghan" wrote: > Remember the ipfw vs ipfilter discussion of a couple of months ago? > That was when Jordan suggested that ipfilter should be the default > filtering package. Well I just noticed that at > http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ OpenBSD has adopted ipfilter as an > integral part of the OS release. NetBSD is about to fully integrate ipfilter, as well, now that we have a sufficiently generic mechanism for hooking in packet filters. Contact Matthew Green for details. Jason R. Thorpe thorpej@nas.nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center Home: 408.866.1912 NAS: M/S 258-6 Work: 415.604.0935 Moffett Field, CA 94035 Pager: 415.428.6939