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yuvadamyesterday at 7:10 PM2 repliesview on HN

Of course, I'm genuinely curious why BSDs are more popular as firewalls.


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nesarkvechnepyesterday at 7:57 PM

Because of pf[1]. It's just a very capable firewall with a pleasurable configuration language.

[1] https://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/

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peteeyesterday at 11:26 PM

The documentation on BSDs, and in particular OpenBSD, are generally high quality