Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 14:43:42 +0000 From: Bruno Afonso <bruno@mrna.ist.utl.pt> To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: traffic normalizer for ipfw? Message-ID: <403E061E.30307@mrna.ist.utl.pt> In-Reply-To: <200402192315.i1JNFxo4004083@caligula.anu.edu.au> References: <200402192315.i1JNFxo4004083@caligula.anu.edu.au>
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Darren Reed wrote: > normalizing is over rated as a firewall feature - it's really > something that belongs in IDS software. > > >>We're looking at bringing pf into the tree. > > > For what benefit you have to wonder... It's BSD licensed. It's nicely integrated with altq that will also hopefully come into the tree. That alone is worth it, let alone other nice features. And yes, users like this features and that's something you are going to have to live with. Please stop this pf bashing you are fond of and stop thinking you know what others like/want in a firewall. Choice is a great thing, respect that. BA -- Bruno Miguel Afonso Biological Eng. student D.E.Q. @ I.S.T. - Portugal GnuPG Public key: http://dequim.ist.utl.pt/~bruno/gpg
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