pf packet filter on F9

[Dave Feustel]

On Wed, Oct 01, 2008 at 08:54:53AM -0500, John Thompson wrote:
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> Dave Feustel wrote:
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> | Can pf be used on F9?
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> Doesn't iptables do what you need?
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> | Would there be any advantage or disadvantage in doing so?
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> The linux kernel is designed for iptables, I don't know what surgery
> you'd have to do to fit pf in instead.
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> N.B. I have both linux (iptables) and FreeBSD (pf) machines here, and
> haven't seen any compelling reason to prefer one over the other.
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> - -John (john at os2.dhs.org)

Thanks for the info. I'm familiar with pf but not with iptables.
I guess I will read up about iptables for f9.