> On Oct 12, 2016, at 7:04 AM, John Newman <j...@synfin.org> wrote: > > >>> On Oct 12, 2016, at 12:48 AM, grarpamp <grarp...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 2:28 PM, John Newman <j...@synfin.org> wrote: >>> Yes I use FreeBSD 10 >>> it has supported PF >>> for a long time, which it basically stole from >>> openbsd (who stole it from Darren Reed). >> >> 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 >