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Date:      Fri, 09 Jun 2000 21:05:31 +0200
From:      Roelof Osinga <roelof@nisser.com>
To:        Steve Coles <scoles@tripos.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Relative merits of IPFIREWALL and IPFILTER
Message-ID:  <39413FFB.85A522F6@nisser.com>
References:  <0f4a01bfd229$00605ab0$4c9814ac@volga.TRIPOS.COM>

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Steve Coles wrote:
> 
> At first glance, ipfilter and ipfirewall seem to offer similar things, yet
> they are distinct (?) What are the relative pros and cons of these kernel
> features.

The short answer is that ipf handles state which ipfw does not.

Roelof

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