From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 23 14:54:49 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74268106566C for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:54:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kevin.wilcox@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gw0-f54.google.com (mail-gw0-f54.google.com [74.125.83.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E3348FC18 for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:54:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gwb11 with SMTP id 11so842315gwb.13 for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:54:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=8bPlSvfdXGG7VwOquvoyD1OBIIzFfFyQkSv2tz7P8s0=; b=H/W7WHPgzXQ6TV9msxvQBNuiZuQIYBVbbl5klMsUVtSFlfNSMDYsz2am+MOdI3pwZL wDxCi1Ir1d2hlbegzhjphlyB3uCyUK28m/dCTFnBs+7rOEoYvBfrR8sT8kNGOXPuWOSc Hoy0B2ph0OgKrpIPdes52d0smVVHyAxqEhDpY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=h74cOtgI9UExtS2j6kqAhx3IoSzzzRZAmU+uD+rgwn9/LU8AJ1p7ObHIn7VKQ0OJUn ntJxTSXyLgNkTx+x9501J+1i/asxM7SjAQfO7tYBMmXloCGTlJ+1yBiJCVLChLaR/aw7 Sb7hEiAobsFow6EVFdlk+EgrcQq/UaewdT/8M= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.90.8.1 with SMTP id 1mr4393155agh.35.1277304888113; Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:54:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.90.98.5 with HTTP; Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:54:48 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4BFFAB30.8050307@cran.org.uk> References: <4BFFA988.7020807@stillbilde.net> <4BFFAB30.8050307@cran.org.uk> Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:54:48 -0400 Message-ID: From: Kevin Wilcox To: Bruce Cran Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Free BSD Questions list Subject: Re: FreeBSD router - large scale X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:54:49 -0000 On 28 May 2010 07:38, Bruce Cran wrote: > This is possibly the wrong place to be saying this, but isn't OpenBSD > usually recommended for > routers? I believe the version of pf, for example, is normally kept more > up-to-date than than > in FreeBSD. =C2=A0The major downside I know of is that it's not nearly as > user-friendly; for example > my recollection of its installer is that you have to input sector offsets > manually in the partition editor! Bruce - sorry for taking so long to reply, this project has been slow-movin= g. Yes, you are correct, OpenBSD is typically used in this situation and, if the project were strictly for a routing component, it may indeed be a better choice. My concern was that if we decided to add any proxy capability then we would need much more RAM than OpenBSD could address (this will front at least 8k users). I have found the OpenBSD installer to be quite friendly but that's probably because it is pretty minimal and just sort of "clicks" with me. As long as you're dedicating the system to *BSD, I generally prefer the OpenBSD installer for its flow but have found no particular allegiance with either their installer or sysinstall. As long as I can have a running system within four or five minutes of powering on with the install CD, I don't really care. kmw --=20 A: Maybe because some people are too annoyed by top-posting. Q: Why do I not get an answer to my question(s)? A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?