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FreeBSD and firewall question

Quick question... Which of the 3 firewalls available in FreeBSD should be used? PF, IPFilter, or IPFW? This is just going to be protecting the one workstation. It won't be used for routing/NATing. It's been quite awhile since I've used any of the BSDs.
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See: »cipitunk.wordpress.com/2007/07/0···w-vs-pf/

Thanks for the link!

EDIT:
Looks like ipfw it is. IIRC that is what I used before.

I find pf's syntax to be easier to understand and I like its single configuration file.

On reading a little more I think I'll give pf a shot.

PF for sure. It has a rich feature set and some good stuff will be released in FBSD 10. I think I might be switching my OpenBSD firewall over to FreeBSD when 10 is released.

I got to say I am digging PF so far. Very flexible, easy to understand rules...

Is this a stand alone firewall running FreeBSD's pf or is the box also used for other purposes?

Just a stand-alone box to handle SSH connections. That is all it'll be used for... A repurposed XP box that I no longer had use for as it were.
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There are 10 types of people that understand binary numbers. Those that do - and those that do not...

Check out pfSense (»www.pfsense.org) - I run it as my firewall. Very capable and lots of good add-on packages!