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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!realtime.net!news.mindspring.com!usenet From: Robert Sanders <rsanders@mindspring.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Questions about Linux vs. FreeBSD... Date: 13 Dec 1995 20:12:36 -0500 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises, Inc. Lines: 23 Sender: rsanders@interbev.mindspring.com Message-ID: <87bupccut7.fsf@interbev.mindspring.com> References: <4ajc07$sb7@unix2.glink.net.hk> <HAFNER.95Dec12090710@suncog2.forwiss.tu-muenchen.de> <4akmcp$qii@daffy.anetsrvcs.uwrf.edu> <4al9tu$f33@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> <4alnqo$1hi@clarknet.clark.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: interbev.mindspring.com In-reply-to: clau@clark.net's message of 13 Dec 1995 05:20:24 GMT X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.0.10 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.admin:35929 alt.os.linux:6334 alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions:5057 comp.os.linux.advocacy:30158 comp.os.linux.misc:75323 comp.os.linux.setup:32077 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:10349 On 13 Dec 1995 05:20:24 GMT, clau@clark.net (David Clausen) said: > to build an Internet firewalling gateway. I was won over by Linux > because of the fact that it supports kernel-level packet filtering; Are you sure that Linux had that advantage over FreeBSD? From ip_fw.c in the Linux kernel sources: * IP firewalling code. This is taken from 4.4BSD. Please note the * copyright message below. As per the GPL it must be maintained * and the licenses thus do not conflict. While this port is subject * to the GPL I also place my modifications under the original * license in recognition of the original copyright. * -- Alan Cox. * * Ported from BSD to Linux, * Alan Cox 22/Nov/1994. It looks like the two operating systems may be pretty well even on that score :-) -- Robert