[LUNI] Firewall question

[Branko Kotur]

On Tuesday 26 February 2008 05:04:58 pm Eric MacAdie wrote:
> In the thread "What distro are you using?" I noticed a few people on the
> list are using some version of BSD for their firewall. I have a few
> questions about BSD firewalls.
>
> Why did you choose BSD over Linux?
> Why did you choose the BSD you chose?
> What firewall software do you use? I think NetBSD and FreeBSD can use
> pf, ipfw and ipf.
> Do you configure the firewall by hand, or use something like FWBuilder?
> (That is what I use for iptables.)
>
>
> Eric MacAdie

I used to use OpenBSD and their pf for my firewall.  At that time, I edited 
the rules by hand with some help from their basic tutorial on getting 
started.  It worked quite well for me.  The only reason I stopped using it 
was because I bought a Linksys router and installed dd-wrt on it and so I 
could get rid of one extra computer that I didn't want anymore.  The main 
reason I choose OpenBSD was because I just wanted a basic system with nothing 
extra installed.  Their track record of security also influenced my decision 
to go with them since I was using it as a firewall.