Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 13:55:11 +0200 From: "Olivier Cortes" <olivier.cortes@free.fr> To: <sage@mindcrime.net> Cc: "FreeBSD IPFW" <freebsd-ipfw@FreeBSD.org> Subject: RE: hi/new Message-ID: <EJEFLAEIHOBBKCGOKMJJIEFMCBAA.olivier.cortes@free.fr> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005032115360.25467-100000@cricket.mindcrime.net>
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hi i used to be a linux man. Under FreeBSD, one the best thing i learnt about ipfw is dynamic firewalling. check "keep-state" and "chack-state" in the docs. nat is also quite different from Masquerading (it's done in a process, not in the kernel, and has many options (a best for me: port translation! check tne manual). There are also diferrences between static nat and dynamic nat... plenty of variations between the two OSes. Same concepts (firewalling), but many more details and tuning options in FreeBSD. It's more "mature" when talking 'bout firewalls. We'll see evolution with iptables/netfilter in linux 2.4. for now i own 2 freebsd servers (one little firewall, and a server: web, mail, what ever you can think of...). I'm wondering about how OpenBSD would act on my firewall (same or better ?). Going to install it ;) greets olive deep ocean webmaster, www.deep-ocean.net > -----Message d'origine----- > De : owner-freebsd-ipfw@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-ipfw@FreeBSD.ORG]De la part de sage@mindcrime.net > Envoyé : mercredi 3 mai 2000 23:18 > À : freebsd-ipfw@FreeBSD.ORG > Objet : hi/new > > > New to the list, thought i would say hi. > New to freebsd, but not *nix, and loving it > > how wants to give me a huge skinny on everything and anything to do with > ipfw. I have a redhat box doing nat, and firewalling, but i know fbsd > will kick its butt, if i can get a little direction. > > lay it on me > > > /sm > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-ipfw" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ipfw" in the body of the message
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