Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2000 09:37:47 -0500 From: Peter Schwenk <schwenk@math.udel.edu> To: arnee <arnee@geocities.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ipfw & ipf, ppp & pppd, natd & ipnat... differences? Message-ID: <38BE7CBB.DB028F3C@math.udel.edu> References: <38BDCCF1.312F2D3B@geocities.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
These are how I understand these topics. I may be wrong.
ppp filtering vs. ipfw/ipf:
I you are using user ppp, then use it's filtering. If you are using
kernel ppp, then use ipfw/ipf.
bpf is the pseudo-device for using tcpdump and utilities like that.
I don't know anything about ipnat. I use natd.
ppp vs pppd:
ppp is user ppp, which needs the tun device to work. pppd is used in
conjunction with kernel ppp support. User ppp seems to be more featureful,
but I would imagine that kernel ppp is better for full-time connections.
tcp_wrappers vs. inetd -wW:
tcp wrapping is built into inetd which precludes the need for the tcp
wrappers program.
arnee wrote:
> this is some what of a broad question, but out of curiosity... what are
> the differences between these programs? or rather, which one do you use?
> which one do you prefer and why? or when to use one over the other?
>
> ppp's filtering vs ipfw, ipf?
> what about bpf?
> natd vs ipnat?
> ppp vs pppd?
> tcp wrapper vs identd -wW?
>
> which one would you use with what (e.g. ppp with ipnat or pppd with
> ipf... etc.) or are they all interchangeable?
>
> comments, thoughts, ideas? or other programs used similar to the above?
>
> --
> arnee
>
> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
--
PETER SCHWENK | Campus IT Associate 3
Department of Mathematical Sciences | University of Delaware
schwenk@math.udel.edu | (302)831-0437
To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?38BE7CBB.DB028F3C>