Re: any info on next-gen firewall (ipfw2)?
josh wrote: We are aware that the firewall is falling behind. We are looking at ipfw2. richard wrote: great to hear! it'll make gateway migration to OSX from *BSD (e.g.) a bit less painful ... can you comment re: whether as built-in the kernel, or as an extension? the former (maybe?) probably has some performance advantages, but the latter could allow for the inclusion/addition of "pf" as well. i've read strong arguments on the lists for both pkgs ... It will most likely be an network kernel extension, best to do it the Darwin way ;) I currently use pf and have nothing but positive things to say about it. S a m ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing. _______________________________________________ darwin-kernel mailing list | darwin-kernel@lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/darwin-kernel Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
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Sam Hart