From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 10 2: 2:51 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk (serenity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A483437B43C for ; Thu, 10 May 2001 02:02:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rasputin@freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97] ident=root) by serenity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #4) id 14xmLP-00095Q-00 for questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 10 May 2001 10:02:47 +0100 Received: (from rasputin@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f4A92iW82145; Thu, 10 May 2001 10:02:44 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from rasputin) Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 10:02:44 +0100 From: Rasputin To: j mckitrick Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ipfw vs ipfilter Message-ID: <20010510100244.D81644@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Reply-To: Rasputin References: <20010510023337.A71628@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20010510023337.A71628@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>; from jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org on Thu, May 10, 2001 at 02:33:37AM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * j mckitrick [010510 02:35]: > > >From what i have read so far, they seem equivalent, except for grammar. Is > there any reason why i would want to use one over the other? I want a > solid, fast firewall for a laptop with a dialup connection. Depends what syntax you prefer to a large extent. I think ipfw has decent IPv6 support, ipf's is a bit broke at present. -- "If God lived on Earth, people would knock out all His windows." -- Yiddish saying Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns :: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message