From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Oct 8 21:58:18 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.hcvlny.cv.net (mx1.hcvlny.cv.net [167.206.112.76]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CDB537B66D for ; Sun, 8 Oct 2000 21:58:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from s1.optonline.net (s1.optonline.net [167.206.112.6]) by mx1.hcvlny.cv.net (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id e994wF006891 for ; Mon, 9 Oct 2000 00:58:15 -0400 (EDT) Received: from downstairs (ool-18bd8597.dyn.optonline.net [24.189.133.151]) by s1.optonline.net (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id e994wEo10211 for ; Mon, 9 Oct 2000 00:58:14 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.20001009005407.00989810@mail-hub.optonline.net> X-Sender: mvanberk@mail-hub.optonline.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.58 Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 00:58:13 -0400 To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG From: Bigwillie Subject: Re: ipf vs. ipfw ? In-Reply-To: <20001008224359.R31338@speedy.gsinet> References: <20001008025913.A29388@intelenet.net> <20001008025913.A29388@intelenet.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 04:43 PM 10/8/00 , you wrote: >On Sun, Oct 08, 2000 at 02:59 -0700, matthew zeier wrote: > > > > Can anyone tell me the differences between ipf and ipfw ? > > Which is "better" ? I started with ipfw, and as a newbie to this whole unix stuff, firewall rules were cryptic. I had an open firewall for about 2 months then I heard about ipf. My question was how simple can rules be written. I came to find out, its damn easy. I now have a firewall/nat solution with ipf/ipnat where the rules are a little bit more like plain english. My 2cents........ Thanks Darren R, and the FBSD collective. _________________________________________ Steiny's Studio Pachyderm Productions http://steiny.hypermart.net mailto:info@steiny.hypermart.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message