Pfctl vs. ipfw also where is the DMZ?

sloan · Feb 18, 2007, 9:04 PM

So If I underdtand this correctly ….. pfctl now handles the showing of firewall rules and ipfw is what I should use to add any new rules at the command line?

Is there a place in the GUI for a DMZ of is this done via the command line? If so can anyone give me the ipfw commands to add one? maybe a virtual IP DMZ

thanks!

hoba · Feb 18, 2007, 9:07 PM

everything is handled by pf and through the gui. There are different ways how to create a dmz. Use http://doc.m0n0.ch/handbook-single/#id2604955 for an example. It's similiar with pfSense.

sloan · Feb 18, 2007, 9:25 PM

Thanks hobba I have been getting lots of good info from your posts all over the forum.

Is it safe to say that since pf is based on m0n0 that if I read the entire m0m0 handbook (your link) it would be mostly helpful?

hoba · Feb 18, 2007, 9:29 PM

Lots of things are similiar at the frontend though the backend handles them different (like different filter mechanisms). That's why some of the options shown when editing a firewallrule are different for example. However the "basic concept" is pretty similiar, at least when talking about basic NAT and firewallrules.