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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!EU.net!Austria.EU.net!news.aut.alcatel.at!atusc74!ladavac From: ladavac@aut.alcatel.at (Marino Ladavac) 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... Followup-To: 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 Date: 14 Dec 1995 10:55:04 GMT Organization: Alcatel Austria AG Lines: 26 Message-ID: <4aovq8$o3t@atusks02.aut.alcatel.at> References: <4ajc07$sb7@unix2.glink.net.hk> <4akmcp$qii@daffy.anetsrvcs.uwrf.edu> <4al9tu$f33@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> <4alnqo$1hi@clarknet.clark.net> <4am5uq$r24@agate.berkeley.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: atusc74.aut.alcatel.at X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.admin:36000 alt.os.linux:6387 alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions:5090 comp.os.linux.advocacy:30327 comp.os.linux.misc:75634 comp.os.linux.setup:32318 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:10458 Jordan K. Hubbard (jkh@violet.berkeley.edu) wrote: : 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 Not only that. Linux ipfw is Alan Cox's port of Ugen Antsilevich ipfw from guess where, FreeBSD. There was a big article in iX magazine which did, however, mention Mr. Antsilevich, but said that the code comes from 4.4BSD, without mentioning FreeBSD. The article was on building firewalls using Linux. You might want to tell iX what you think about the misinformation. /Alby