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Date:      Sat, 3 Mar 2001 20:41:41 -0800
From:      "Nathaniel G H" <bsd_appliance@bemail.org>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ipchains ported to FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <200103040441.UAA04438@mail4.bigmailbox.com>

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>> In the last episode (Mar 01), jett tayer said:
>> > can ipchains / iptables be ported to FreeBSD... this is a
>> > suggestion if u dont mind.
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To answer your suggestion...

I wouldn't waste time porting ipchains or iptables.  If I wanted to
use existing Linux (?) firewall scripts, I would most likely write a
program to convert them over to ipfw and/or ipfilter.  That would be
much easier.

-NGH


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