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OpenBSD 3.2 Readies For Release, pf Matures

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the alternatives-to-linux-and-iptables dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Just over a year ago, OpenBSD creator Theo de Raadt ripped ipfilter out of the OpenBSD code leaving "the world's most secure OS" temporarily without a packet filter. Here's an interesting interview with Daniel Hartmeier, author of pf, the stateful packet filter developed as a replacement. Now just over a year old, it sounds like pf has already become a serious contendor in the world of stateful packet filtering. This interview is of particular relevance with OpenBSD 3.2 to be released on Friday, 11/1."

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  1. Re:OpenBSD is crap, heres why - vermillion by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    - no SMP
    Because border devices soo need SMP.

    - broken drivers stolen from other BSD
    Evidence?

    - broken drivers stolen from other BSD
    Evidence?

    - no reasonable way of updating the OS. Solaris has it.
    Upgrades work fine, didn't your mommy teach you how to type "cvs update"?

    Juniper uses FreeBSD for their JuneOS
    Bleeting about a proprietary fork of an OS they had to basically rewrite from scratch to get it to perform is not going to fool anyone.

    Pretty poor trolling, if you ask me. Funny that the code stolen by FreeBS as it tries to be remotely secure is much greater than the flow in the other direction.