Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 10:04:36 -0300 (ART) From: Fernando Gleiser <fgleiser@cactus.fi.uba.ar> To: Joe & Fhe Barbish <barbish@a1poweruser.com> Cc: FBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ipf/IPFilter/ipnat vers ipfw/IPFW/nat Message-ID: <20011227095321.H73822-100000@cactus.fi.uba.ar> In-Reply-To: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOAEHFCKAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>
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On Wed, 26 Dec 2001, Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote: > I scanned the questions archives and sniped this info. > I would like to know if the views stated are correct. > Any other insight or background info would be great. > > Does the ipf port install as userland or kernel & how to force kernel? The firewall/nat code itself is kernel code. The utilities are user space > Is there a package install for ipf or ipnat? No. They are part of the base system. > Where would I find the ipf and ipnat ports? They already are in the system. > Where can I find info on ipnat? the ipnat man pages: man 1 ipnat # the ipnat(1) utility man 5 ipnat # the ipnat.conf file format man 4 ipnat # the ipnat API The ipf howto: http://www.obfuscation.org/ipf/ The ipf mailing list archives: http://false.net/ipfilter And the ipf FAQ http://home.earthlink.net/~jaymzh666/IPF-FAQ/IPFtoc.html > What is the difference between nat and ipnat if both run in user land? > Does IPFilter have a built in nat function? natd runs in userspace. ipnat runs in kernel space. Hope this helps Fer > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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