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Date:      Fri, 9 Dec 2016 07:26:06 +0100
From:      David Demelier <demelier.david@gmail.com>
To:        Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Firewalls
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Le 7 d=C3=A9c. 2016 10:55 PM, "Warren Block" <wblock@wonkity.com> a =C3=A9c=
rit :

On Wed, 7 Dec 2016, James B. Byrne via freebsd-questions wrote:

Well, the setup and loading of Postgresql9.6 seems to have completed
> successfully.  Now, before this can go live I need to set up the
> firewall.  I am used to IPTables on CentOS but have no experience with
> IPFilter or PF.
>
> First, which firewall, of the three I read are available (IPFW,
> IPFilter and PF is the recommended choice?
>

Either PF or IPFW, depending on who you ask.  Or, if you work for Juniper,
IPF.

I used IPFW for many years, now have used PF for many years.


Which of them, if any, have FW for dummies like tools/guides?
>

Peter Hansteen has at least one famous book on PF. There are example IPFW
firewalls in /etc/rc.firewall, too.


IPFW, IPF, PF. Three firewalls in only one system. I hope one day there
will be a consensus to keep only one.



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