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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