From owner-freebsd-security Tue Sep 22 00:55:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA12177 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Tue, 22 Sep 1998 00:55:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from orbital.tiora.net (cx31658-a.escnd1.sdca.home.com [24.0.185.89]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA12171 for ; Tue, 22 Sep 1998 00:55:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from liam@orbital.tiora.net) Received: from localhost (liam@localhost) by orbital.tiora.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1a+rbl+antispam+zol_hack) with SMTP id AAA07239; Tue, 22 Sep 1998 00:37:05 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 00:37:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Liam Slusser To: Tomaz Borstnar cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: performance comparision of ipfilter and ipfw In-Reply-To: <199809220726.AAA07687@hub.freebsd.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org It is a "firewall", not a application server....you don't need that much disk/ram. ;) liam System Administrator Tiora Networks | www.tiora.net <---- tiora's webpage www.tiora.net/~liam <----- homepage | liam@tiora.net <-- my email address Lowered turbo powered Honda Civic's are really cool. <---------- my quote On Tue, 22 Sep 1998, Tomaz Borstnar wrote: > Hello! > > Anyone did testing on performance of IPFW and IPFilter? From feature list > it looks like IPfilter has better interface and more features, but what > about perfomance? Also what kind of machine would you suggest for firewall? > As fast as possible CPU, 256MB RAM and plenty of disk? > > Tomaz > > ---- > Tomaz Borstnar > "Love is the answer to the final question you ask" - Unknown > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message