paul jakma paulclubiie mon 29 jul 2002 philip reynolds wrote well doesnt help reading listing read fine want readability good script worth much isnt ipfw code bsd brandnew aswell old code rewritten openbsd recently due licensing concerns think youre talking ipfilter openbsds new pf code whos talking fud ah doh yes thought firewalling code bsds fairly related sorry freebsds ipfw encumbered way old obsd firewalling perhaps although think seriously considering something like firewall tried trusted means hell lot ipfilter would probably win race extent guess yes ive boxes reasonable uptimes run netfilteriptables ive one crashed twice 60 day uptimes doesnt seem netfilter course theres lot go wrong firewall firewall code case get 2 boxes heartbeat talking terms actual firewall company question knows plenty linux nothing freebsd id go linux box merely something goes wrong isnt got ipfwipchainsipfilter someone knows fix indeed couldnt agree thats nice thing nix fact nitpicking arguments nix firewall code better said little indepth experience netfilter im aware basic capabilities quick look features early 24 editions thats ive experience ipfw closest ive come looking ipfilter irix problem wasnt maintained anymore however englishy syntax nice dont think iptables command syntax big obstacle anyway theres choice understand advent netfilteriptables theres almost nothing technical pov apart ipfw use lot longer regards paul jakma paulclubiie pauljakmaorg key id 64a2ff6a fortune strange game winning move play wop war games irish linux users group iluglinuxie httpwwwlinuxiemailmanlistinfoilug unsubscription information list maintainer listmasterlinuxie mon 29 jul 2002 215301 0100 ist ilug ipfw vs ipchains vs iptables