Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2014 16:27:57 +0100 From: Martin Hanson <greencoppermine@yandex.com> To: Dewayne Geraghty <dewayne.geraghty@heuristicsystems.com.au>, "freebsd-pf@freebsd.org" <freebsd-pf@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FOLLOW-UP Message-ID: <413861417966077@web11h.yandex.ru> In-Reply-To: <54843241.1070908@heuristicsystems.com.au> References: <363021417833295@web21g.yandex.ru> <54843241.1070908@heuristicsystems.com.au>
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I stand corrected on that. Thanks Dewayne. 07.12.2014, 11:56, "Dewayne Geraghty" <dewayne.geraghty@heuristicsystems.com.au>: > On 6/12/2014 1:34 PM, Martin Hanson wrote: >> Okay, this part "Has any important bugs been fixed in PF on OpenBSD >> since the current port in FreeBSD that actually makes the current PF in >> FreeBSD "dangerous" to run with?" was actually a really stupid question! >> >> The.. >> >> http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/vendor-sys/pf/4.5.002/?view=log >> >> .. shows that the last import was for tag 4.5.002 5 years and 3 month >> ago! >> >> Going back to that time in the OpenBSD CVS log and then scrolling up >> until present day shows quite a bunch of REALLY important fixes! I am >> NOT talking about the changes made by the OpenBSD guys, just bug and >> error fixes! >> >> http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/net/pf.c >> >> Problems that can cause kernel crashes, fixes for PF crashing faults, >> out-of-memory errors, leak of states, and a whole lot of other >> important stuff. >> >> Nobody in their right mind would run the current version of PF on >> FreeBSD! >> >> I am sorry, but how can someone be so stupid as to get a whole bunch of >> new features into a product that seriously needs upgrading first!? >> >> Whats going on FreeBSD? You used to be all about quality, now you're >> all about "bleeding edge features" and don't give a s*** about the rest? >> >> Linux can get away with that crap ONLY because such a huge bunch of >> people and organisations are running and supporting it, they have a LOT >> of people developing stuff and fixing stuff really quick, FreeBSD >> haven't got that user base! >> >> It needs to be about quality over features! Like in the good old 4.x >> and 5.x days! >> >> Martin >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-pf@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-pf >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-pf-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Martin, > I'm new to the pf list, as I'm looking to transition from ipfw to pf. I > wonder if your comparison might be better placed between > http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/net/pf.c > and the goodies under > https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/sys/netpfil/pf/ > rather than https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/vendor-sys/pf/ > I don't know if the latter has any relevance? > Regards, Dewayne > > -- > For the talkers: “The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.” > For everyone else: “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”
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