Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 08:36:05 -0500 (CDT) From: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> To: Ben Williams <williamsl@home.com> Cc: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org>, Carlton Haycock <chaycock1@mindspring.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Re[2]: ipfilter vs ipfw Message-ID: <200007111336.e6BDa5t26346@lerami.lerctr.org> In-Reply-To: <19960.000710@home.com> "from Ben Williams at Jul 10, 2000 11:03:42 pm"
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It does, but I want something to reduce it, or summarize the output. Currently I've added a separate syslog file for ipmon's output, and have newsyslog rotate every day, and then have the daily job mail this log to me. I'd like something to summarize the 200K a day of junk packets I get. Larry > Will ipmon(8) not do the type of logging you need? > > --Ben Williams > mailto:received@email dot com > > Quoting Larry Rosenman Monday, July 10, 2000 > > Seems that IPFilter does BETTER stateful rules than a "hack" (a friends term) > > to IPFW to do dynamic rules. > > >>From running ipfw for a short time, I've converted over to ipfilter. > > > I just wish the rc* scripts supported ipfilter better, and that there > > was some standard reporting mechanism for the logging output like there > > is for ipfw. > > > Larry Rosenman > >> > >> Hello, > >> > >> I am in the process of building a firewall using FreeBsd. I am aware of the firewall > >> built into the kernel (ipfw), but I also see alot of people talking about another package > >> called IPFILTER. I have seen comments stating that IPFILTER is better, but no one > >> has yet to say why or why they prefer it. I would be most appreciative if someone > >> could give a brief overview of the differences as far as functionality is concerned. > >> I have read the how-to's and stuff on FreeBsd Diary but can find nothing that does > >> a comparison of the two. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Carlton > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 972-414-9812 (voice) Internet: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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