what firewall to use ? outdated/misguided/whatever documentation ?

[karu.pruun]

>> > Basically, on OpenBSD, you use PF.  On DFly, you use IPFW.  On FreeBSD, you can choose which style of packet filter you prefer (although I'd recommend not using IPFilter).
>>
>> I'd suggest pf in DragonFly mostly because I've been using it on
>> DragonFly for years.  Like most things, it depends on what you want to
>> do.
>
>
> Didn't realise DFly had a PF port.  Interesting.

DragonFly's pf has evolved over time and is also SMP aware, have a
look at sys/net/pf

https://github.com/DragonFlyBSD/DragonFlyBSD/commits/e7ab884bd49753f8884eb597d10d6569a08fa0df/sys/net/pf

I'm using it exclusively.

Cheers

Peeter

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