From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Jan 28 10: 0:23 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from veldy.net (w028.z064001117.msp-mn.dsl.cnc.net [64.1.117.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DFF137B400 for ; Sun, 28 Jan 2001 10:00:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from cascade (cascade.veldy.net [64.1.117.29]) by veldy.net (Postfix) with SMTP id CBD3C8C4B; Sun, 28 Jan 2001 11:59:14 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <002b01c08953$fe59c200$1d750140@cascade> From: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" To: "Gerhard Sittig" Cc: References: <20010128082318.U253@speedy.gsinet> Subject: Re: ipnat vs natd and ipf vs ipfw (fwd) Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 11:59:00 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Curiosity is one answer. Another allows somebody to offer multiple solutions to a problem - each with their own benefits (presumably). Tom Veldhouse veldy@veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerhard Sittig" To: Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 1:23 AM Subject: Re: ipnat vs natd and ipf vs ipfw (fwd) > On Sat, Jan 27, 2001 at 19:20 -0500, Espen Oyslebo wrote: > > > > Ipfw and ipf to my eye (without glasses that is) seem to do > > pretty much the same thing. The same is true for ipnat and > > natd. Of course there are differences between the two (ritgh?). > > > > If so: > > What are they? > > This has been hashed over a few hundred times in the lists. You > might want to visit the archives. > > > Currently, I have ipfw and natd doing their job fairly well. Is > > there any point in switching (yeah,yeah, don't fix it if it > > ain't broken). > > Exactly! If it works for you, why would you want to risk it? If > you feel like something's missing, what is it? Then check if ipf > could do it for you. > > > virtually yours 82D1 9B9C 01DC 4FB4 D7B4 61BE 3F49 4F77 72DE DA76 > Gerhard Sittig true | mail -s "get gpg key" Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net > -- > If you don't understand or are scared by any of the above > ask your parents or an adult to help you. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message