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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!not-for-mail From: clau@clark.net (David Clausen) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Questions about Linux vs. FreeBSD... Followup-To: comp.unix.admin,alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Date: 13 Dec 1995 05:20:24 GMT Organization: Clark Internet Services, Inc., Ellicott City, MD USA Lines: 10 Message-ID: <4alnqo$1hi@clarknet.clark.net> References: <4ajc07$sb7@unix2.glink.net.hk> <HAFNER.95Dec12090710@suncog2.forwiss.tu-muenchen.de> <4akmcp$qii@daffy.anetsrvcs.uwrf.edu> <4al9tu$f33@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: explorer.clark.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950726BETA PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.admin:35939 alt.os.linux:6339 alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions:5060 comp.os.linux.advocacy:30189 comp.os.linux.misc:75373 comp.os.linux.setup:32107 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:10360 : >: AC> Which is better? Linux or FreeBSD? I had to make this decision about 2 months ago when it came time for me to build an Internet firewalling gateway. I was won over by Linux because of the fact that it supports kernel-level packet filtering; which is analogous to what firewalling (packet-filtering) routers do (but they cost lots of $$$$)! Dave Clausen clau@clark.net