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Date:      Tue, 21 May 1996 22:41:21 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com>
To:        Dave Hartzell <hartzeld@cc.sdstate.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD built in firewall
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.93.960521223952.12341B-100000@sidhe.memra.com>
In-Reply-To: <199605212057.NAA29064@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On Tue, 21 May 1996, Dave Hartzell wrote:

> Has anyone used the FreeBSD built in firewall?  I am looking at using it,
> because I does everything (not much) that I need to do.   
> 
> How well does it work?  Is it slow?

IP filtering is pretty fast unless you have LOTS of rules to process.

I mostly use the TIS firewalls toolkit from ftp.tis.com on the FreeBSD
gateway to my home LAN but that's because I'm using RFC1918 addresses
behind the firewall.

Michael Dillon                                    Voice: +1-604-546-8022
Memra Software Inc.                                 Fax: +1-604-546-3049
http://www.memra.com                             E-mail: michael@memra.com




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