Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 14:55:34 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Firewalls Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1612071450340.5616@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <5bed7716cd0c9f56e7fe73e86d0cde45.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> References: <5bed7716cd0c9f56e7fe73e86d0cde45.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca>
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On Wed, 7 Dec 2016, James B. Byrne via freebsd-questions wrote: > Well, the setup and loading of Postgresql9.6 seems to have completed > successfully. Now, before this can go live I need to set up the > firewall. I am used to IPTables on CentOS but have no experience with > IPFilter or PF. > > First, which firewall, of the three I read are available (IPFW, > IPFilter and PF is the recommended choice? Either PF or IPFW, depending on who you ask. Or, if you work for Juniper, IPF. I used IPFW for many years, now have used PF for many years. > Which of them, if any, have FW for dummies like tools/guides? Peter Hansteen has at least one famous book on PF. There are example IPFW firewalls in /etc/rc.firewall, too.
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