Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 12:37:45 -0800 From: ppi@amug.org To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Hardware vs software firewall on FreeBSD Message-ID: <20040212203745.GU20527@wyeth.trail.calm>
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I'm upgrading the hardware on my webserver. It will run FreeBSD 4.9. I need to decide whether to use a hardware firewall (Cisco) or use ipfw, ipf, pf, etc. The hardware firewall will increase my monthly server rental bill by almost 30%. So I'm wondering if the significant extra cost is worth it. What kind of performance hit will result from using ipfw, ipf or pf? I would like to avoid the extra expense of the hardware firewall. Can anyone offer an opinion on this matter? Any good reasons to use one over the other? Mark L.
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