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Date:      Fri, 30 May 1997 09:33:25 +0300 (IDT)
From:      Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il>
To:        mark thompson <thompson@squirrel.tgsoft.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.com
Subject:   Re: ipfw .vs. ipfilter
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.970530093242.22016B-100000@gatekeeper.barcode.co.il>
In-Reply-To: <19970530043316.465.qmail@squirrel.tgsoft.com>

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On 30 May 1997, mark thompson wrote:

> I am puzzled by ipfw and ipfilter.
> 
> I am looking at ipfilter to get NAT, because i believe that ipfw
> provides "enough" security.
> 
> q) is it true that ipfw and ipfilter are providing roughly the same
> function? 

Yes, excpt for NAT (at least AFAIK).

> 
> q) if so, is there a reason to prefer one or the other? (Why does
> FreeBSD come with ipfw?)

This is a question of religion, so I prefer not to answer ;-) You may 
want to look through the archives.

> 
> -mark
> 
Nadav



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