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🆘Bill Cole 🇺🇦 @[email protected] · 2026-03-25 · 18:29 UTC

#FreeBSD #HotTake: Even though everyone with deeper #firewall juju than myself says #pf is better than #ipfw, so I guess it must be, I still like knowing my rules by numbers that don’t change. Plus I have tools written over many years around ipfw and would need to totally redesign them conceptually for pf. I don't have enough working years to do that.

#Sysadminnery

#freebsd #hottake #firewall #pf #ipfw #sysadminnery

🆘Bill Cole 🇺🇦 @[email protected] · 2026-03-25 · 18:29 UTC

#FreeBSD #HotTake: Even though everyone with deeper #firewall juju than myself says #pf is better than #ipfw, so I guess it must be, I still like knowing my rules by numbers that don’t change. Plus I have tools written over many years around ipfw and would need to totally redesign them conceptually for pf. I don't have enough working years to do that.

#Sysadminnery

#freebsd #hottake #firewall #pf #ipfw #sysadminnery

🆘Bill Cole 🇺🇦 @[email protected] · 2026-03-25 · 18:29 UTC

#FreeBSD #HotTake: Even though everyone with deeper #firewall juju than myself says #pf is better than #ipfw, so I guess it must be, I still like knowing my rules by numbers that don’t change. Plus I have tools written over many years around ipfw and would need to totally redesign them conceptually for pf. I don't have enough working years to do that.

#Sysadminnery

#freebsd #hottake #firewall #pf #ipfw #sysadminnery

🆘Bill Cole 🇺🇦 @[email protected] · 2026-03-25 · 18:29 UTC

#FreeBSD #HotTake: Even though everyone with deeper #firewall juju than myself says #pf is better than #ipfw, so I guess it must be, I still like knowing my rules by numbers that don’t change. Plus I have tools written over many years around ipfw and would need to totally redesign them conceptually for pf. I don't have enough working years to do that.

#Sysadminnery

#sysadminnery #ipfw #pf #firewall #hottake #freebsd

🆘Bill Cole 🇺🇦 @[email protected] · 2026-03-25 · 18:29 UTC

#FreeBSD #HotTake: Even though everyone with deeper #firewall juju than myself says #pf is better than #ipfw, so I guess it must be, I still like knowing my rules by numbers that don’t change. Plus I have tools written over many years around ipfw and would need to totally redesign them conceptually for pf. I don't have enough working years to do that.

#Sysadminnery

#freebsd #hottake #firewall #pf #ipfw #sysadminnery

🆘Bill Cole 🇺🇦 @[email protected] · 2025-02-18 · 00:08 UTC

#TIL: #ipfw’s “me” does not include the local network's broadcast address.

I know this because I’m building the bespoke packet filter for a new system (to characterize+quiet its real background noise) and had a long WTF session because I missed the last octet.

#Sysadminnery #FreeBSD #InfoSec

#til #ipfw #sysadminnery #freebsd #infosec

🆘Bill Cole 🇺🇦 @[email protected] · 2025-02-18 · 00:08 UTC

#TIL: #ipfw’s “me” does not include the local network's broadcast address.

I know this because I’m building the bespoke packet filter for a new system (to characterize+quiet its real background noise) and had a long WTF session because I missed the last octet.

#Sysadminnery #FreeBSD #InfoSec

#til #ipfw #sysadminnery #freebsd #infosec

🆘Bill Cole 🇺🇦 @[email protected] · 2025-02-18 · 00:08 UTC

#TIL: #ipfw’s “me” does not include the local network's broadcast address.

I know this because I’m building the bespoke packet filter for a new system (to characterize+quiet its real background noise) and had a long WTF session because I missed the last octet.

#Sysadminnery #FreeBSD #InfoSec

#til #ipfw #sysadminnery #freebsd #infosec

🆘Bill Cole 🇺🇦 @[email protected] · 2025-02-18 · 00:08 UTC

#TIL: #ipfw’s “me” does not include the local network's broadcast address.

I know this because I’m building the bespoke packet filter for a new system (to characterize+quiet its real background noise) and had a long WTF session because I missed the last octet.

#Sysadminnery #FreeBSD #InfoSec

#infosec #freebsd #sysadminnery #ipfw #til

Jorge Schrauwen @[email protected] · 2024-07-29 · 17:57 UTC

Has anyone gotten sslh transparent mode working on #FreeBSD with #pf instead of #ipfw ?

#freebsd #pf #ipfw

Jorge Schrauwen @[email protected] · 2024-07-29 · 17:57 UTC

Has anyone gotten sslh transparent mode working on #FreeBSD with #pf instead of #ipfw ?

#freebsd #pf #ipfw

Jorge Schrauwen @sjorge · 2024-07-29 · 17:57 UTC

Has anyone gotten sslh transparent mode working on #FreeBSD with #pf instead of #ipfw ?

#freebsd #pf #ipfw

Jorge Schrauwen @[email protected] · 2024-07-29 · 17:57 UTC

Has anyone gotten sslh transparent mode working on #FreeBSD with #pf instead of #ipfw ?

#ipfw #pf #freebsd

Jorge Schrauwen @[email protected] · 2024-07-29 · 17:57 UTC

Has anyone gotten sslh transparent mode working on #FreeBSD with #pf instead of #ipfw ?

#freebsd #pf #ipfw

Alexandre :freebsd: @[email protected] · 2023-07-27 · 19:09 UTC

@stefano #ArchLinux works well but setup is really not simple. #NFTables or #IPTables are more complicated for me than #PF. Even #IPFW is easier to understand than NFTables or IPTables.
I already managed a small server powered by #FreeBSD: I love to manually install and setup my apps to understand who they work. I learn a lot this way.

#archlinux #nftables #iptables #pf #ipfw #freebsd

Alexandre :freebsd: @[email protected] · 2023-07-27 · 19:09 UTC

@stefano #ArchLinux works well but setup is really not simple. #NFTables or #IPTables are more complicated for me than #PF. Even #IPFW is easier to understand than NFTables or IPTables.
I already managed a small server powered by #FreeBSD: I love to manually install and setup my apps to understand who they work. I learn a lot this way.