From owner-freebsd-security Thu Aug 22 10:22:49 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FB4C37B400 for ; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 10:22:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mufasa.swistgroup.com (mufasa.swistgroup.com [196.44.35.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EE5543E42 for ; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 10:22:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from conrad.burger@swistgroup.com) Received: from timon ([172.16.1.30] helo=timon.swistgroup.com) by mufasa.swistgroup.com with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 17hqX1-0008Vv-00 for freebsd-security@freebsd.org; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 13:53:43 +0200 Received: from [172.16.1.3] (helo=steinmail.swistgroup.com) by timon.swistgroup.com with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 17hqX0-000DcW-00 for freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 13:53:42 +0200 Subject: Firewalls on FreeBSD( ipfw vs ipf) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C249D2.B404A0B2" Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 13:54:43 +0200 Disposition-Notification-To: "Conrad Burger" content-class: urn:content-classes:message X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.5762.3 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Firewalls on FreeBSD( ipfw vs ipf) Thread-Index: AcJJ0o6/R5aAr9dHTICWLtOUOJvCOg== From: "Conrad Burger" To: Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C249D2.B404A0B2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi all =20 I need some help on deciding which firewall I should use to secure my intranet from the internet. =20 I cannot decide which way to go , IPF or IPFW ! =20 Which one is recommended , easiest to configure and support. =20 Can anyone please point me to some information explaining the = difference between IPFW and IPFW2. =20 A document on IPFW vs IPF would also help. =20 Thanks Conrad =20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C249D2.B404A0B2 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hi all

I need some help on deciding which firewall I = should use to secure my intranet from the internet.

I cannot decide which way to go , IPF or IPFW = !

Which one is recommended , easiest to = configure and support.

Can anyone please point me to some = information explaining the difference between IPFW and IPFW2.

A document on IPFW vs IPF would also = help.

Thanks

Conrad

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