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> http://www.unixguide.net/freebsd/fbsd_installguide/index.php
>
> This install guide covers both of the 2 firewalls that come built in
> to FreeBSD for all 4.x release. Software firewalls are heads and
> shoulders above hardware firewalls which can not do stateful type of
> protection.

You might want to check your sources again. My Linksys hardware firewalls
do a good job of providing statefull packet inspection.

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