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Date:      Fri, 30 May 2003 11:27:55 +0700 (ICT)
From:      Olivier Nicole <on@cs.ait.ac.th>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ipfw and statefull rules
Message-ID:  <200305300427.LAA10467@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th>
In-Reply-To: <20030528110038-184800041> (FBSD_User@a1poweruser.com)
References:  <20030528110038-184800041>

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>  For the max in firewall
> protection you should use IPFILTER/IPNAT the other Firewall that is
> included with FBSD. IPFW2 is over bloated with functions which are
> so special purpose that no one uses. I know the FBSD manual kind of
> infers that ipfw is the preferred firewall but it really is not,
> those in the know use IPFILTER/IPNAT because it is so much easier to
> get stateful protection for your lan machines.

OK, I have been a good boy, read the ipf documentation, until I found
out that FreeBSD+ipf+bridge does not work.

So...

Olivier



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