Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2014 21:56:01 +1100 From: Dewayne Geraghty <dewayne.geraghty@heuristicsystems.com.au> To: Martin Hanson <greencoppermine@yandex.com>, freebsd-pf@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FOLLOW-UP Message-ID: <54843241.1070908@heuristicsystems.com.au> In-Reply-To: <363021417833295@web21g.yandex.ru> References: <363021417833295@web21g.yandex.ru>
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On 6/12/2014 1:34 PM, Martin Hanson wrote: > Okay, this part "Has any important bugs been fixed in PF on OpenBSD > since the current port in FreeBSD that actually makes the current PF in > FreeBSD "dangerous" to run with?" was actually a really stupid question! > > The.. > > http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/vendor-sys/pf/4.5.002/?view=log > > .. shows that the last import was for tag 4.5.002 5 years and 3 month > ago! > > Going back to that time in the OpenBSD CVS log and then scrolling up > until present day shows quite a bunch of REALLY important fixes! I am > NOT talking about the changes made by the OpenBSD guys, just bug and > error fixes! > > http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/net/pf.c > > Problems that can cause kernel crashes, fixes for PF crashing faults, > out-of-memory errors, leak of states, and a whole lot of other > important stuff. > > Nobody in their right mind would run the current version of PF on > FreeBSD! > > I am sorry, but how can someone be so stupid as to get a whole bunch of > new features into a product that seriously needs upgrading first!? > > Whats going on FreeBSD? You used to be all about quality, now you're > all about "bleeding edge features" and don't give a s*** about the rest? > > Linux can get away with that crap ONLY because such a huge bunch of > people and organisations are running and supporting it, they have a LOT > of people developing stuff and fixing stuff really quick, FreeBSD > haven't got that user base! > > It needs to be about quality over features! Like in the good old 4.x > and 5.x days! > > Martin > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-pf@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-pf > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-pf-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Martin, I'm new to the pf list, as I'm looking to transition from ipfw to pf. I wonder if your comparison might be better placed between http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/net/pf.c and the goodies under https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/sys/netpfil/pf/ rather than https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/vendor-sys/pf/ I don't know if the latter has any relevance? Regards, Dewayne -- For the talkers: “The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.” For everyone else: “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”
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