From owner-freebsd-security Tue Aug 21 2:42: 0 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from smtp3.xs4all.nl (smtp3.xs4all.nl [194.109.127.132]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6333337B408 for ; Tue, 21 Aug 2001 02:41:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtp3.xs4all.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA04570; Tue, 21 Aug 2001 11:41:55 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.11.4/8.11.4) id f7L9fsv25755; Tue, 21 Aug 2001 11:41:54 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 11:41:54 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: "Carroll, D. (Danny)" Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ipf / ipfw Which to use? Message-ID: <20010821114154.A25741@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <98829DC07ECECD47893074C4D525EFC311563C@citsnl007.europe.intranet> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <98829DC07ECECD47893074C4D525EFC311563C@citsnl007.europe.intranet>; from Danny.Carroll@mail.ing.nl on Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 11:34:36AM +0200 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 11:34:36AM +0200, Carroll, D. (Danny) wrote: > I've been playing with both of these and I was wondering why are both > available? > They *seem* to do almost the same thing although ipfw is much more > *tweakable*... > > What's the difference between the two and how should I decide which I > should be using...? Largely it is a matter of taste. Ipfilter is multiplatform, ipfw is FreeBSD-only. You can also combine the 2 (e.g. if you want IPfilter and dummynet at the same time). -- | / o / / _ Arnhem, The Netherlands email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message