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Date:      Fri, 12 Oct 2001 16:40:14 +0200
From:      Alfatrion <alfatrion@cybertron.tmfweb.nl>
To:        "Maine LOA List Admin (Brent Bailey)" <brentb@loa.com>
Cc:        "Hartmann, O." <ohartman@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: IPFW or IPFILTER?
Message-ID:  <3BC700CE.8000201@cybertron.tmfweb.nl>
References:  <20011012154307.O52936-100000@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de> <003601c15328$db264480$24b4a8c0@pretorian>

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Maine LOA List Admin (Brent Bailey) wrote:

> I tried IPFILTER for awhile ...and it very easy to use...but ..in my opinion
> it isnt as configurable as IPFW.
> IPFW is a little more to setup ...but still pretty easy ...and the syntax
> isnt that hard to understand. Its best feature is its VERY
> configurable...and as long as you keep logging to a minimum ...it doesnt use
> alot of resources.
> Seems its memeory intensive than anything ...running a firewall that is
> 

I find IPF more configurable as IPFW. I don't know how to do the 
folowing in IPFW: pass out quick on tun0 proto tcp from any to any keep 
state.

Alex




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