From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 25 14:13:12 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp2.mbox.com.au (203-134-146-019.cust.pth.iprimus.net.au [203.134.146.19]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2ED5D37B419 for ; Tue, 25 Dec 2001 14:13:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from nms2.mbox.com.au (webmail.i7mail.com.au [192.168.20.4]) by smtp2.mbox.com.au (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.4.0.2000.05.17.04.13.p6) with ESMTP id <0GOX00KE46WCE5@smtp2.mbox.com.au> for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 26 Dec 2001 06:09:48 +0800 (WST) Received: from mbox.com.au ([127.0.0.1]) by nms2.mbox.com.au (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id GOX6X301.1ZS for ; Wed, 26 Dec 2001 06:10:15 +0800 Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 09:10:15 +1100 From: BSD Freak Subject: IPFW and IPF To: FreeBSD Questions Message-id: <19642a1904d6.1904d619642a@mbox.com.au> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Netscape Webmail Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-language: en Content-disposition: inline Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Accept-Language: en Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi all, Does anyone have some OBJECTIVE advice in regard to choosing a firewalling package (IPF or IPFW). My experience so far has been mainly with Darren Reed's IP Filter. I have found it to be excellent (except for a few minor stability issues). Can anyone give me some TECHNICAL advise as to why I should IPFW over IPF or visa versa. Is IPFW a "stateful" firewall (ie does it track each estavlished connectection in a state table). Can I monitor this state table as I can with IPF's ipfstat? I have scoured the web for answers but have found very little. If someone could answer these questions or point me in the right direction I would be very appreciative...... Thanks all... --------------------------------------------------------------------- mBox makes you work Smarter, not Harder, from only $0.58 per WEEK! Visit http://www.mbox.com.au To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message