--- PURELY FYI --------
On Tue, 5 Jun 2001, Michael R. Jinks wrote:
> You don't say why you are considering Linux, but if the idea is just
> to use a free Unix-like OS to handle your firewalling, I recommend
> having a look at OpenBSD. Even if you don't choose to use it, their
> documentation is quite well done and can answer a lot of general
> questions in ways that will be applicable to other platforms. (See the
> networking section of the FAQ for starters, also the ipf and ipnat man
> pages, all available from the main OpenBSD web site.)
note that openbsd dropped ipf last week, meaning releases past 2.9 wil not
carry ipf. this was due to some licensing changes by the ipf author darren
reed, and their subsequent incompatability with the stated goals of the
openbsd project. ipf, a great firewalling package, is still available on
netbsd and freebsd.
ipf is available in openbsd 2.9-release, which began shipping on june 1,
2001.
please see http://www.openbsd.org/ for more information.
sorry, just wanted to clarify for the completeness of the record. i am
still an openbsd advocate, and wait to see what will be forthcoming as a
packet filter in the kernel. several of us on this list constantly
recommended openbsd/ipf as a great combination, i'm sorry it's no longer
going to be available.
thanks for letting me get this out there.
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