On Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:29:31 +0000 Rikky Taylor <rikkytay...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> I was after some general advice. I need to setup a routing firewall > with 3 interfaces, moderate traffic and a fair amount of NAT'ing in > the rules. > > > > Given identical modern server hardware would I expect a performance > difference between an OpenBSD/PF setup and a Linux/IPTables one? > > > > Rikky You are considering iptables... So you like to be hurting a lot. Go for it, nothing wrong with that , don't let anybody elses reasoning get into the way of fullfilling your fantasies. Seriously, why would you want to to give someone the impression that the gateway/firewall just works, ... use iptables if you want to keep your job; Think of your children.