Firewalling is one of those things that I have yet a lot to learn about, but
if the only thing (Open)?BSD firewalls have over Linux ones is that they are
stateful, then any argument with this is pathetic. Linux has had stateful
firewalling since the implementation of iptables. That AFAICT is the main
difference between ipchains and iptables.
That's a bit like comparing Nissan to Ford using the latest Nissan, and a
Model T Ford.
The one thing I would say about OpenBSD firewalls is that PF is userland
based as opposed to the kernel based netfilter? It's a matter of opinion
whether that's better or worse.
Having that said, WRT firewalls I'm no expert.
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