[ale] Linux versus OpenBSD for enterprise firewalls

Michael H. Warfield mhw at wittsend.com
Wed Nov 9 10:29:04 EST 2005


On Wed, 2005-11-09 at 08:30 -0500, John Wells wrote:
> Any opinions from the security guys on the list? I'm seeking to rid our
> company of a nasty Symantec Raptor firewall, and of the numerous options
> we're considering, Linux/iptables and OpenBSD/pf keep coming up. Any
> thoughts?

	You would probably do well, either way.  Which are you more comfortable
with in administering?

> Thanks,
> John

	Mike
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