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Re: latest firewall tools for linux
From: "Roelof JT Jonkman" <rjonkman () ittc ukans edu>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 15:35:47 -0500
Hello, Just for clarification I guess, but OpenBSD uses Darren Reed's Ipfilter package which maintains tcp state, and therefore allows you to deny certain things pending on the state of the tcp connection. Whereas stock linux with ipchains is a packetfilter, and it doesn't quite allow you to deny exactly everything. So in some ways the statement 'openbsd ... happier' may fly in this case, although it should probably be 'ipfilter .. happier' ;-) roel PS. I recently switched from a bridging/hacked linux firewall to an almost stock openbsd box with the same functionality + some.
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