Which Firewall?
Ed
edwardmx at gmx.us
Mon Dec 15 12:49:33 PST 2014
On Mon, 15 Dec 2014 10:21:01 -0500
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
I think this is the howto that goes to that missing link?
http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/
I would suggest to use ipfw because a good howto already exists on dragonfly
website.
http://www.dragonflybsd.org/docs/newhandbook/Security/#index15h3
--
Edward M <edwardmx at gmx.us>
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