On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 5:23 AM, Paul Webster <paul.g.webs...@googlemail.com > wrote:
> Good day all, > > I am aware this is a much discussed subject since the upgrade of PF, I > believe the final decision was that to many users are used to the old > style pf and an upgrade to the new syntax would cause to much confusion. > > There was a recent debate on ##freebsd about this issue and I was inclined > to mail in and get your opinions; basically it boiled down to the majority > of users wanting either: > > 1) To move to the newer pf and just add to releases notes what had > happened, > and > 2) my own personal opinion: creating 'pf2-*' as a kernel option tree, > basically using the newer pf syntax and allowing users to choose. > > I would be interested to know the feedback from you guys as to be honest > there seems to be quite a few users who actually DO want the new style > format and functionality that comes with. > > I Attached the log of the conversation just for reference. > > It's been difficult enough to maintain PF on FreeBSD because of the time needed to be invested in the FreeBSD port. This situation remains to date, from what I understand. I guess someone can look at how many bugs/feature requests still remain open for PF on FreeBSD. I therefore feel that whoever wants to run PF should use a dedicated OpenBSD box as a firewall/whatever they use PF for. There is really no point trying to make FreeBSD be OpenBSD when it comes to such requirements. Look at the advantages of "separation of power" - give to OpenBSD the fireallpower and FreeBSD the serverpower. In keeping with the K.I.S.S principle, please let anyone needing new PF syntax just use OpenBSD. My humble opinion. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler. _______________________________________________ freebsd-pf@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-pf To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-pf-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
