Re: firewall: linux vs. freebsd

2002-02-26 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sat, Feb 23, 2002, Matt Garman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 10:18:03PM -0500, timothy bauscher wrote: > > I am planning on building a firewall here. There is a lot of hype > > about Freebsd being great for firewalls, and books regarding Linux > > firewalls. > > > > I lov

Re: firewall: linux vs. freebsd

2002-02-23 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* nate ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: ... > i haven't heard much on people using > linux to do bridged stuff, so i didn't > investigate it when i made the decision, > i knew a lot of folks who used free/open > bsd for bridged networking. Apparently it can be done on Linux, with appropriate kern

Re: firewall: linux vs. freebsd

2002-02-23 Thread nate
> I love Linux, but I believe in > finding the best solution for a > problem. My question is not which OS > is better for a firewall, but which > one you would use (or do use). depends. is this a TRUE firewall or is it a FAKE firewall bywhich it does NAT ? if its a TRUE firewall, then i would

Re: firewall: linux vs. freebsd

2002-02-23 Thread dman
On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 10:18:03PM -0500, timothy bauscher wrote: | I am planning on building a firewall | here. There is a lot of hype about | Freebsd being great for firewalls, | and books regarding Linux firewalls. | | I love Linux, but I believe in | finding the best solution for a | problem.

Re: firewall: linux vs. freebsd

2002-02-23 Thread Matt Garman
On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 10:18:03PM -0500, timothy bauscher wrote: > I am planning on building a firewall here. There is a lot of hype > about Freebsd being great for firewalls, and books regarding Linux > firewalls. > > I love Linux, but I believe in finding the best solution for a > problem. My q

Re: firewall: linux vs. freebsd

2002-02-23 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* timothy bauscher ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > I am planning on building a firewall > here. There is a lot of hype about > Freebsd being great for firewalls, > and books regarding Linux firewalls. > > I love Linux, but I believe in > finding the best solution for a > problem. My question i

Re: firewall: linux vs. freebsd

2002-02-22 Thread Tim Kelley
On Fri, 22 Feb 2002 22:18:03 -0500 timothy bauscher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well BSD had some advantages prior to 2.4/netfiler. Linux makes a pretty great firewall these days. However, I have heard ipfilter (BSD) is easier to understand than iptables (Linux). Couldn't tell you myself. > I

Re: firewall: linux vs. freebsd

2002-02-22 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 23-Feb-2002 timothy bauscher wrote: > I am planning on building a firewall > here. There is a lot of hype about > Freebsd being great for firewalls, > and books regarding Linux firewalls. > > I love Linux, but I believe in > finding the best solution for a > problem. My question is not which O

Re: firewall: linux vs. freebsd

2002-02-22 Thread Alvin Oga
hiya use the distro you know how to harden to your likings... and can tweek and fix and debug if something happens... hardened linux distros ??? donno if its any better than off the shelf thats been hardened ... http://www.Linux-Sec.net/Distro/distro.gwif.html - define a security polic

firewall: linux vs. freebsd

2002-02-22 Thread timothy bauscher
I am planning on building a firewall here. There is a lot of hype about Freebsd being great for firewalls, and books regarding Linux firewalls. I love Linux, but I believe in finding the best solution for a problem. My question is not which OS is better for a firewall, but which one you would use

Re: Linux vs FreeBSD

1999-04-11 Thread ktb
Eugene Sevinian wrote: > > Hi ppl, > It seems that this is very general question, but can someone give > some pros and contra about applying these OSs as either gateway, router, > cash-server etc. Many system administrators here are using FreeBSD, and I > need to analise other options because I am

Linux vs FreeBSD

1999-04-11 Thread Eugene Sevinian
Hi ppl, It seems that this is very general question, but can someone give some pros and contra about applying these OSs as either gateway, router, cash-server etc. Many system administrators here are using FreeBSD, and I need to analise other options because I am debian addicted person :) Is any