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Date:      Wed, 21 Nov 2001 18:31:51 +0100
From:      Bart Matthaei <bart@dreamflow.nl>
To:        Dave Raven <dave@raven.za.net>
Cc:        security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Best security topology for FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <20011121183151.B15275@heresy.dreamflow.nl>
In-Reply-To: <005f01c172b1$7a8503c0$3600a8c0@DAVE>; from dave@raven.za.net on Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 07:25:12PM %2B0200
References:  <20011121181929.A15275@heresy.dreamflow.nl> <005f01c172b1$7a8503c0$3600a8c0@DAVE>

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On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 07:25:12PM +0200, Dave Raven wrote:
> ipfw runs in the kernel, but NAT runs in userland.

hmm.. bummer :)

> With IPFilter this is not so, IPNat runs in the kernel and should be faster.
> If you are planning on large usage I would recommend IPFilter (less load)
> and IPNat.

I still dont see why ipf would be better when it comes to filtering.

B.

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