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Re:pfSense: Open source network firewall distribution by milcron on Friday February 10, 2017 @04:56PM (#13619251)
What are some of FreeBSD's improvements, apart from multithreading?
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Re:pfSense: Open source network firewall distribution by allanjude on Friday February 10, 2017 @07:54PM (#13620272)
VIMAGE / VNET, which allow you to have an instance of pf for each jail. Very useful
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Re:pfSense: Open source network firewall distribution by gonzo on Saturday February 11, 2017 @02:54PM (#13624408)
The MT work is important, don't be so ready to dismiss it. There has also been work on speeding up pf outside of the MT work.
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Re:pfSense: Open source network firewall distribution by milcron on Monday February 13, 2017 @03:55PM (#13638675)
I'm just not sure how significant the MT work is. OpenBSD's pf has also had performance improvements since 4.5; it would be good to see a benchmark.
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