(why are we getting this many times?) - both are good. you can use either of them, or use them both! - many of us here prefer ipfilter. - there were a license story about ipf (if interested, check the archives of this mailing list and those of ipf mailing list. it already generated too much threads) - ipfw is FreeBSD specific. most people here recommend OpenBSD (my personnal pref goes for NetBSD). cheers, mouss At 14:08 29/06/01 +0200, Thorsten wrote: >I just installed ipfilter on my firewall, >now I heard about ipfw. > >Does anybody have a recommodation which one to use? > >I do not have a clue and I just can't figure >it out by myself. >I read some configuration files for ipfw, they seem to be >a lot more complicated ... > >Thanks for any help! > >Henni > > >-- >brainbot technologies AG >schwalbacherstr. 74 65183 wiesbaden . germany >vox +49 611 238505-0 fax ++49 611 238505-1 >http://brainbot.com/ mailto:henni@brainbot.com >_______________________________________________ >Firewalls mailing list >Firewalls@lists.gnac.net >http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls _______________________________________________ Firewalls mailing list Firewalls@lists.gnac.net http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls