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 Message-ID: <CAO%2BPfDeU%2BMxPKH_rXT3CzEvieb2nk4BV_6hj4mWuJ=NyhJ0dsg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1612071450340.5616@wonkity.com> References: <5bed7716cd0c9f56e7fe73e86d0cde45.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1612071450340.5616@wonkity.com>
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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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