Isn't Openbsd's PF stateful too ? Paul
----- Original Message ----- From: "The Pal / Patrik Bodin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Peter Trifonov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 3:42 PM Subject: Re: PIX vs BSD > On 2002-03-27 10:30, Peter Trifonov revealed: > > PT> Hello everybody! > PT> > PT> I consider replacement of Cisco PIX 515 (Restricted) firewall in a small > PT> corporate network with *BSD software firewall. Can anybody tell me how > PT> close can one approximate PIX's functionality with BSD? > > You can't make it do the _same_ stateful inspection as the PIX does, and you > can't make it achieve the same prestanda without using a more powerful machine, > but apart from that you can make it do everything the PIX can. In addition you > can make it do the ocean of things that UNIX:es can do, but I would let it do as > little as possible outside firewalling and related. > > /P > > _______________________________________________ > Firewalls mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls > _______________________________________________ Firewalls mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls
