[MLUG] [ot] Looking for high performance open source firewall

[David Filion]

Nicholas Accad wrote:
> People, we already established that netfilter/iptables does not
> satisfy the requirements, so anything that mentions iptables is not
> even remotely useful.
>
> The only that will work on Linux that meets all the requirements is
> CheckPoint, since to my knowledge this is the only alternative to
> iptables on Linux systems.
>
> The other option is obviously BSD/PF, you have several flavors, pick
> one, I tend to go the FreeBSD way with a minimal install because I am
> more comfortable with Free than with the other two (three?)
>
> Since this is a LINUX mailing list, and since I am a list admin (:>),
> I forbid you from discussing the merits/pitfall of different BSD
> systems, so there.
>
> OK, I'm only half kidding about that last part.
> -nick
>
>
>   

The merit or the pitfalls part?  :-)


David