*Hi,* *1. Which is preferable? I think different people have different answers, So why not try both? But what I want to say here is "both PF and ipfw are better than on other BSD systems", at least I know my ipfw is a "lockless" stateful firewall.*
*2. I am not familiar with the HAMMER FS. But according to what I know, HAMMER FS is one of the best filesystems,I cannot tell which is better between HAMMER,ZFS and EXT4.* *You can get more information from the IRC channel #dragonflybsd on efnet.* *Regards,* *Bycn82* On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 1:02 AM, Jeremy <[email protected]> wrote: > > to your point "Sorry I dont get the point of why you got confused." > I am confused because the handbook states pf is preferred. Yet the rest of > the handbook presents ipfw as if it were preferable. The mailing list > archives seem to suggest there are more people who feel ipfw is a very good > choice. Even you seem to feel ipfw is preferable. So is pf really > preferable? Because it seem ipfw is. > > Sorry to sound like I am ignorant, but I really am. I am trying to break > away from Linux & learn the bsd's. I have found dragonfly bsd to be a very > interesting project because to its focus on security + the hammer fs. But > trying to shift my thinking has been difficult because there is a lot I do > not understand. > > On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 11:41 AM, bycn82 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> *Hi,* >> >> *Sorry I dont get the point of why you got confused. there are 2 firewall >> in DragonflyBSD* >> >> *PF is a great firewall, it is used in all BSD systems. especially the PF >> in DragonflyBSD, it is "SMP-Friendly",* >> >> *IPFW in DragonflyBSD was inherited from FreeBSD as you know that >> DragonflyBSD was forked from FreeBSD.* >> >> *Personally I prefer IPFW, It is "modular" and "SMP-Friendly". for more >> detail ,you can get from **http://www.dragonflybsd.org/docs/ipfw2/ >> <http://www.dragonflybsd.org/docs/ipfw2/> and if you send me personally >> if you have any question about it.* >> >> >> *Regards,* >> *Bill Yuan* >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 11:21 PM, Jeremy <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> the Dragonfly handbook states pf is the recommended firewall, yet goes >>> on to say that the included pf is the older pf & that ipfw has features not >>> yet available in pf. Then it goes on to give very detailed instructions >>> for ipfw & points pf users to (seemingly) broken link as a manual. >>> >>> I find this misleading & confusing, as it suggests that ipfw may be a >>> more sensible way to go, despite stating that pf is "recommended". >>> >>> Could someone kindly rectify my understand here? >>> >>> Thank you. >>> >>> -Jeremy >>> >>
