Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 07:55:21 -0500 From: "Ben" <ben@cahostnet.com> To: <wayne.pascoe@realtime.co.uk>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ipfw or ipf Message-ID: <009101c0974e$8ff909c0$6102a00a@nhqadmin17> References: <m3ofw4wcmf.fsf@zaphod.realtime.co.uk>
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I'm a newbie here but for what I know and seen here, yes you can use ipf. FreeBSD supports this. You will have to enable it in /etc/rc.conf or /etc/defaults/rc.conf. The first is a better choice I'm told. Sorry I can't answer the last question b/c I don't know it myself. Good question though. Ben ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne Pascoe" <wayne.pascoe@realtime.co.uk> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 3:53 AM Subject: ipfw or ipf > Hi there, > > I'm not throwing firewall rules onto my shiny new bsd box. From what > I've read, ipfw is the tool for freebsd. Can I use ipf? The reason > that I ask this is that I use ipf on my Solaris and my OpenBSD boxen, > and I know the syntax already. > > 1. Is this possible? > > 2. What are the downsides to using ipf over ipfw ? > > Thanks, > > -- > - Wayne Pascoe > E-mail: wayne.pascoe@realtime.co.uk > Phone : +44 (0) 20 7544 4668 > Mobile: +44 (0) 788 431 1675 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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