Re: Future of pf / firewall in FreeBSD ? - does it have one ?

From: Allan Jude <allanjude_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 19:12:57 -0400
On 2014-07-21 09:57, bycn82 wrote:
> There is no doubt that PF is a really good firewall, But we should noticed that there is an ipfw which is originally from FreeBSD while PF is from OpenBSD.
> 
> If there is a requirement that PF can meet but ipfw cannot, then I think it is better to improve the ipfw. But if you just like the PF style, then I think choose OpenBSD is the better solution. Actually OpenBSD is another really good operating system. 
> 
> Like myself, I like CentOS and ipfw, so no choice :)
> 
> 

The only thing I've really found lacking in IPFW is the NAT
implementation. Specifically, when trying to do port-forwarding. All of
the rules have to go in the single 'ipfw nat' rule, and it makes it
cumbersome to manage.


-- 
Allan Jude


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