[CentOS] iptables ... *BSD pf ... pfSense
Timo Schoeler
timo.schoeler at riscworks.net
Tue Dec 22 19:01:39 UTC 2009
On 12/22/2009 07:22 PM, Götz Reinicke - IT Koordinator wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I followed the "Optimizing CentOS for gigabit firewall" posting and as
> some posters wrote pf is soo sooo ssooooo mutch faster, I was thinking
> to give it a try. But I'm not familier to BSD so I was looking for some
> tools and found "pfsense"
>
> http://www.pfsense.org/
>
> "pfSense is a free, open source customized distribution of FreeBSD
> tailored for use as a firewall and router"
>
> Has any of the firewall guys on the list ever tested this distri?
>
> What do you think?
pf is not a native FreeBSD thingie... you won't get the latest features,
tweaks, and optimizations there.
Timo
> Right now we run a iptables Shorewall system and had no problems so far,
> but having a "managed" firewall distri which rocks whould be an alternative.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Götz
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