On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 07:16:47AM -0400, John Newman wrote: > >> No. Ipfilter (aka: Ipf) is Darren's / Phil's and has been > >> dropped by Open and Dragonfly BSD, for license and > >> other reasons, including being a dead project. > >> last release: e9d51c6e58f549c4ab499254c81c90d2 > >> > >> PF (packet filter) is Open's, IPFW2 (ipfirewall) is Free's, > >> NPF is Net's, IPFW3 is Dragon's. All actively maintained > >> by their own communities. PF is ported to all. > > > > Right, but all the SYNTAX was stolen from IPF. Or copied. Whatever you > > want to call it. > > > > Pf has made some nice improvements in the years since, but there is no > > doubt it started as a clone of IPF so Theo could include the superior > > software firewall mechanism in openbsd without the license restrictions. > > > > > > John > > I've always thought the IPFW mechanism in FreeBSD was crap, compared to > IPF/PF, just as an aside... > > Years ago IPF was actually also ported to Solaris and Linux. I used it on > some Sun boxes when I was just a little guy a long fucking time ago..... > > > John > > >
Off-topic - I can't stand the way the phone email clients I habitually use format email. The results come out looking horrible. It's rare that I have a chance to reply to the list from an actual computer (generally I'm too busy when I'm in front of a real computer)... Anyway, I suppose I could start using mutt on android :P John
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