Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 23:10:46 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Firewalls Message-ID: <20161207231046.504c2a61.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1612071450340.5616@wonkity.com> References: <5bed7716cd0c9f56e7fe73e86d0cde45.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1612071450340.5616@wonkity.com>
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On Wed, 7 Dec 2016 14:55:34 -0700 (MST), Warren Block wrote: > 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 depending on _how_ you ask: For simple and "static" concepts, IPFW is the typical suggestion, while more advanced and extended firewalls setups lead to PF as a recommendation. But of course it's not that one of the firewalls cannot be used for the other "contradicting" purpose... :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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