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On 14.04.13 21:55, Joe Holden wrote:
> For non-nat ipfw is still superior in every way, numbered rules 
> (think: scripts), dummynet, much faster than pf, syntax is a lot nicer 
> and predictable...

And, best of all, it still is buggy. At lest, it's tables handling is 
unusable.

I have been very stubborn IPFW user for very long time, but finally gave 
up in favor of PF. Nothing like that ever since. I am also not convinced 
IPFW is any faster than PF.

Daniel