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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!library.ucla.edu!agate!violet.berkeley.edu!jkh From: jkh@violet.berkeley.edu (Jordan K. Hubbard) 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 09:21:30 GMT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4am5uq$r24@agate.berkeley.edu> References: <4ajc07$sb7@unix2.glink.net.hk> <4akmcp$qii@daffy.anetsrvcs.uwrf.edu> <4al9tu$f33@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> <4alnqo$1hi@clarknet.clark.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: violet.berkeley.edu Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.admin:35974 alt.os.linux:6364 alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions:5071 comp.os.linux.advocacy:30267 comp.os.linux.misc:75525 comp.os.linux.setup:32235 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:10421 In article <4alnqo$1hi@clarknet.clark.net>, David Clausen <clau@clark.net> wrote: >I had to make this decision about 2 months ago when it came time for me >to build an Internet firewalling gateway. I was won over by Linux >because of the fact that it supports kernel-level packet filtering; >which is analogous to what firewalling (packet-filtering) routers do >(but they cost lots of $$$$)! Then you made your decision on wholly erroneous grounds, I'm afraid. FreeBSD also supports kernel packet filtering and accounting. We've implemented several firewalls with it, including the one here. Type `man ipfw' on any post-2.0 FreeBSD machine. Jordan