Which Firewall?

[Jeremy]

to your point "Sorry I dont get the point of why you got confused."
I am confused because the handbook states pf is preferred. Yet the rest of
the handbook presents ipfw as if it were preferable. The mailing list
archives seem to suggest there are more people who feel ipfw is a very good
choice.  Even you seem to feel ipfw is preferable.  So is pf really
preferable?  Because it seem ipfw is.

Sorry to sound like I am ignorant, but I really am. I am trying to break
away from Linux & learn the bsd's.  I have found dragonfly bsd to be a very
interesting project because to its focus on security + the hammer fs.  But
trying to shift my thinking has been difficult because there is a lot I do
not understand.

On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 11:41 AM, bycn82 <bycn82 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> *Hi,*
>
> *Sorry I dont get the point of why you got confused. there are 2 firewall
> in DragonflyBSD*
>
> *PF is a great firewall, it is used in all BSD systems. especially the PF
> in DragonflyBSD, it is "SMP-Friendly",*
>
> *IPFW in DragonflyBSD was inherited from FreeBSD as you know that
> DragonflyBSD was forked from FreeBSD.*
>
> *Personally I prefer IPFW, It is "modular" and "SMP-Friendly". for more
> detail ,you can get from  **http://www.dragonflybsd.org/docs/ipfw2/
> <http://www.dragonflybsd.org/docs/ipfw2/>   and if you send me personally
> if you have any question about it.*
>
>
> *Regards,*
> *Bill Yuan*
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 11:21 PM, Jeremy <dyre17 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> the Dragonfly handbook states pf is the recommended firewall, yet goes on
>> to say that the included pf is the older pf & that ipfw has features not
>> yet available in pf.  Then it goes on to give very detailed instructions
>> for ipfw & points pf users to (seemingly) broken link as a manual.
>>
>> I find this misleading & confusing, as it suggests that ipfw may be a
>> more sensible way to go, despite stating that pf is "recommended".
>>
>> Could someone kindly rectify my understand here?
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> -Jeremy
>>
>
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