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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