On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Henning Brauer <lists-open...@bsws.de>wrote:
> * Felipe Alfaro Solana <felipe.alf...@gmail.com> [2009-04-27 11:56]: > > For a two-interface router/firewall, most of the traffic that reaches is > > will probably have to traverse it anyways, so I don't see how a > > two-interface bridge or a two-interface router will have different > > workloads. > > it has been pointed out, but if you don't read it the first time there > is no point in repeating... I saw some pretty good arguments from Daniel, but no data backing them up. I will need to search a bit around to understand why a two-interface bridging firewall will see more interrupts and data traffic than a two-interface routing firewall. > But, fortunately, someone on this thread pointed out good technical > > arguments on why bridging in OpenBSD is perhaps not a good idea. > > . > > > But, to me, > > it doesn't mean that bridging firewalls are a bad idea in other > platforms. > > That is because, to you, networking an operating system internals are > apparently black magic. It is not an OpenBSD problem. Again, not a single or valid technical argument on why a bridging firewall is a bad idea. Just a moot and offensive responsive, and a very strong assessment from someone that doesn't know me at all. It's also very sad to see so many impolite answers in this list. Perhaps saying "are apparently black magic" would be more appropriate. -- > Henning Brauer, h...@bsws.de, henn...@openbsd.org > BS Web Services, http://bsws.de > Full-Service ISP - Secure Hosting, Mail and DNS Services > Dedicated Servers, Rootservers, Application Hosting - Hamburg & Amsterdam > > -- http://www.felipe-alfaro.org/blog/disclaimer/
