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From: Parv <parv@pair.com>
To: Eric Kjeldergaard <kjelderg@gmail.com>
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in message <d9175cad0412100548643cbbea@mail.gmail.com>,
wrote Eric Kjeldergaard thusly...
>
> > Also, I've found the
> > Netfilter firewall in Linux to be, IMHO, a little better designed than
> > ipfilter or ipfw in freebsd, and it definetely has more features than
> > those two freebsd firewalls.
> 
> Which features?  Is there something I'm missing with the firewalls
> available in FreeBSD?

Yes, i am genuinely curious too.  (And don't forget newer pf, from
OpenBSD, available on FreeBSD).


  - Parv

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