From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 31 13:22:56 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp7.xs4all.nl (smtp7.xs4all.nl [194.109.127.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDC8E37B6A0 for ; Wed, 31 Jan 2001 13:22:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from list1.xs4all.nl (list1.xs4all.nl [194.109.6.52]) by smtp7.xs4all.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA03709 for ; Wed, 31 Jan 2001 22:22:35 +0100 (CET) Received: (from root@localhost) by list1.xs4all.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) id WAA20325; Wed, 31 Jan 2001 22:22:34 +0100 (CET) From: "Lars Wittebrood" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Via: imploder /usr/local/lib/mail/news2mail/news2mail at list1.xs4all.nl Subject: Re: IPF or IPFIREWALL? Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 22:25:50 +0100 Organization: XS4ALL Internet BV Message-ID: <959vmm$lv6$1@news1.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi Oliver, IPFW is code of the FreeBSD core team and is thus the most native. Ip Filter is written and continuesly in development by a guy named Darren Reed. Ip filter has some NAT stuff to and IPFW not, but IPFW has something named Dummynet. But I don't know what that is. Ip Filter has some nice proxies also (FTP!!!!!). Both provide you a statefull filter, which is very nice. It's a matter of taste really. One guy buys a BMW and an other buys an Audi. I use Ip filter because the rulesets are very readable (it's almost normal english) and on FreeBSD updating is very easy ..... Goodluck with your choise!!!! Lars Wittebrood. "O. Hartmann" wrote in message news:list.freebsd.questions#Pine.BSF.4.21.0101311342200.42120-100000@ipamzlx .physik.uni-mainz.de... > And again, > I want to ask for the usage of both built in IP filtering units for > FreeBSD (we use actually 4.2-STABLE). > > What are the benefits of each filter type? > Which one is the faster one? > Are there any advantages/disadvantages to mention? > > Which one of the filter is the most "FreeBSD" native? > > Thanks in advance, > > Oliver > > - > MfG > O. Hartmann > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > ohartman@ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de > > Klimadatenserver-Abteilung des IPA > IT Netz- und Systembetreuung > Johannes Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz > Becherweg 21 > D-55099 Mainz > > Tel: +496131/3924662 (Maschinensaal) > Tel: +496131/3924144 > FAX: +496131/3923532 > > > > 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