Crowding out OpenBSD

Re:Crowding out OpenBSD by networked on Tuesday March 05, 2013 @09:39AM (#5324669)

How does running an OpenBSD firewall compare to running one on FreeBSD using the ported version of PF? I only have experience with the latter and I wonder if I'm missing out on something.

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Re:Crowding out OpenBSD by klrr on Tuesday March 05, 2013 @10:02AM (#5324780)

Well, OpenBSD is more secure, and are less likely to break. OpenBSD is top quality into its core, even their release model is much better than FreeBSD's.

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Re:Crowding out OpenBSD by heidar on Tuesday March 05, 2013 @09:53AM (#5324734)

I believe that FreeBSD 9.X uses pf from OpenBSD 4.5 which might not have the latest features. Other than that I am not sure.

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Re:Crowding out OpenBSD by zdw on Tuesday March 05, 2013 @11:12AM (#5325290)

This. As does OS X.

4.8 and later introduced some syntax changes, so current OpenBSD docs aren't applicable to other systems.

I really wish pf had enough people to get the full "portable" treatment like OpenSSH, etc. get.

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Re:Crowding out OpenBSD by ansible on Tuesday March 05, 2013 @12:38PM (#5325956)

I really wish pf had enough people to get the full "portable" treatment like OpenSSH, etc. get.

I agree. I'd rather use pf than ShoreWall on my Linux systems. If someone who had more time/energy for this wanted to start up that project, I could chip in at least a little money. I'm sure others could too, but I don't know how much that would add up to.

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