Re: comparision of firewalling on Linux and FreeBSD
From: Charles Swiger (cswiger_at_mac.com)
Date: 06/30/04
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Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 13:57:29 -0400 To: socrel@gmx.net
On Jun 30, 2004, at 1:47 PM, socrel@gmx.net wrote:
> Looking for considered comparisions of firewalling on Linux and
> FreeBSD.
Hmm, what you should be considering is whether you want to use pf/IPF,
or IPFW. If IPFW makes more sense to you, use FreeBSD. If you want to
use IPF, either platform will do, but I'd still recommend FreeBSD.
> I am especially interested in learning about ease of connection
> tracking
Like what, logging packets with the SYN bit set? IPFW gives you that
easily.
> and of getting packets into user space for analysis via scripts.
The BPF + tools like tcpdump, snort, and whatnot...
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