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Date:      Wed, 2 Mar 2005 09:03:23 +0100 (CET)
From:      Stevan Tiefert <stevan@rot-1.de>
To:        Albert Shih <shih@math.jussieu.fr>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ipfw or pf
Message-ID:  <20050302090009.R23556@mail.rot-1.de>
In-Reply-To: <20050301224201.GC7469@math.jussieu.fr>
References:  <20050301224201.GC7469@math.jussieu.fr>

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On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, Albert Shih wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> >From FreeBSD 4.5 I use ipfw on freebsd-box with 3 NIC card.
>
> Now I'm in FreeBSD 5.1. I've see in FreeBSD 5.3 there are pf and ipfw, wh=
y
> there two versions ? The ipfw is always maintened ? Or I need to switch t=
o
> pf ?
>
> Why can I do with PF that I can't do with ipfw ?
>
> I've ask this because I =ABknown=BB ipfw and the syntax of pf is strange =
to me,
> and I want known if it's good idea to learn pf.
>
> Regards.
>
>
> --
> Albert SHIH
> Universite de Paris 7 (Denis DIDEROT)
> U.F.R. de Mathematiques.
> Heure local/Local time:
> Tue Mar 1 23:39:06 CET 2005
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The both packef filters are maintained! pf is "ported" from OpenBSD and
ipfw is from FreeBSD.

Whenever two programs two syntaxes...

With regards
Stevan Tiefert



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