[ILUG] Firewalls... linux -v- BSD

Lars Hecking lhecking at users.sourceforge.net
Wed Aug 30 01:10:30 IST 2006


 
> Does anyone here know of a comprehensive objective comparison of the two?
 
 From a user perspective, I found pf's syntax much easier to read, write,
 and understand than iptables. It took me days rather than weeks to get
 a pf based firewall running.

 Maybe this is just another instance where BSD, especially OpenBSD has
 much better documentation than Linux.

 (Let the flamefest begin. Where's my asbestos underwear? ;-)





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