Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 10:58:33 +0100 From: Mark Cullen <mark.r.cullen@gmail.com> To: Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: "Brian E. Conklin" <bconklin@masongeneral.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Converting from IPFW to IPFILTER Message-ID: <434646C9.9090105@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <BEF7E798-58F9-4B5A-8DC8-FFB5E96A47CA@mac.com> References: <CA513920FC73A14B964AB258D77EA8D6A44742@mx1.masongeneral.com> <BEF7E798-58F9-4B5A-8DC8-FFB5E96A47CA@mac.com>
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Charles Swiger wrote: > On Oct 6, 2005, at 5:44 PM, Brian E. Conklin wrote: > >> I am getting ready to switch a FreeBSD 4.11 machine from IPFW to >> IPFILTER for better FTP and NAT support. > > > Hmm. Is there something natd doesn't handle for your case...? > >> I currently have IPFW compiled into the kernel. >> Do I need to recompile a kernel without IPFW before I can enable >> IPF? >> Can I just set IPFW to allow everything by default? >> Thanks in advance for your advice. > You can have IPFW and IPF active at the same time, yes. > > If you're going to switch to using IPF, you might want to consider > upgrading or reinstalling the OS to 5.4 instead of 4.11. > Are there any particular reasons why you suggest switching from 4.11 to 5.4 if going from IPFW to IPF? Because I have just converted from IPFW2 to IPF on 4.11-STABLE... I did notice that IPF appears to be a rather old version. 3.something, where the latest version of IPF is 4.something. Is this the reason?
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