BSDs Re: [wplug] .Net Launch

Robert Dale rdale at wplug.org
Thu Jan 31 10:16:49 EST 2002


On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Brian Sammon wrote:

> > Odd example, since all three BSDs have taken different approaches to packet
> > filtering as long as I can remember.  FreeBSD actually offers 2 options, nativ
> > ipfw or ipfilter.  I believe ipfilter is used by the other BSDs as well as 
> > GNU/Linux.
> 
> OpenBSD has just recently replaced Darren Reed's ipfilter with a homegrown package called "pf".  Does Linux actually use ipfilter in addition to iptables/ipchains?  I figured they served the same purpose.

Linux uses netfilter.  AFAIK, it was designed from scratch.  iptables and
netfilter go hand-in-hand, but you can still use the older ipchains.

-- 
Robert Dale

wplug member since 1998





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