From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 16 17:48:56 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from logisticsoftware.co.nz (logisticsoftware.co.nz [202.37.163.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 701B314E32 for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2000 17:48:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jonc@logisticsoftware.co.nz) Received: from jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz (jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz [10.1.3.1]) by logisticsoftware.co.nz (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA05351; Mon, 17 Jan 2000 14:48:46 +1300 (NZDT) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz (8.9.3/8.9.3) id OAA00963; Mon, 17 Jan 2000 14:48:46 +1300 (NZDT) (envelope-from jonc) Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 14:48:46 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen To: Duke Normandin <01031149@3web.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Firewall: ipfw or natd Message-ID: <20000117144846.A930@jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: ; from 01031149@3web.net on Sun, Jan 16, 2000 at 06:24:04PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Jan 16, 2000 at 06:24:04PM -0700, Duke Normandin wrote: > What criterion (ia) are used for determining the use of ipfw or natd > in creating a firewall? TIA.. They're both different beasts, ipfw is for filtering packets, and natd is for hiding networks behind a single IP address. Most firewalls make use of both. Jonathan Chen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message