Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:39:32 +0530 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?R=E9my?= Sanchez <remy.sanchez@hyperthese.net> To: freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newbie IPFW user Message-ID: <8823954.VFuFedYPUb@magi> In-Reply-To: <4F5A161C.8060407@herveybayaustralia.com.au>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Saturday 10 March 2012 00:39:24 Da Rock wrote: > I'm relatively new to IPFW, not FBSD; the last time I used IPFW (I > believe) was using 4.3. I'm now attempting to use IPFW for some tests > (and hopefully move to production), and I'm trying to determine how I > would setup binat using IPFW; or even if its possible at all. > > I've been hunting some more in depth documentation, but it appears to be > scarce/not definitive. I suspect using the modes in libalias such as > "use same ports" and "reverse" might be able to do what I'm looking for? > > Any clarity much appreciated. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ipfw > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ipfw-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Well, what do you want to do with your firewall ? Because ipfw is kick-ass for QoS management, and is fairly simple to use in other tasks, but if you want to do some complex NAT, it's going to be a pain in comparison to what pf offers. Just make sure of what your main requirement is :) My 2 cents, -- Rémy Sanchez http://hyperthese.net/ [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAk9gRCwACgkQpMMQ4XyIN1abiQCbB7GHG0Mfipe47t772uQY1/Yz aXsAmwcEl3wvhGNP5TAoAYZt3yZ0wdmS =Lhw2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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