Personal preference. I would rather mess with a GUI after I understand the changes it is making under the hood. It helps me make sense of everything.
When it comes to GUIs, OpenBSD gets a big advantage as most GUI-based OSS solutions for firewalling are based on BSDs, so I assume they would all be similar if not equal. I expect to have to have a GUI on top of whatever I deal with on a setup that's not my own, as that would be more convenient for most people or even myself on a regular day.
Last, I assume you mean pf(4), as I can't find anything for of(4). Am I right?
Thank you everyone.
On 2020-03-31 8:49 a.m., athompso@athompso.net wrote:
Avoiding GUIs means you want to go one of two paths: OpenBSD with of(4) or some very-up-to-date Linux distro like Fedora with the latest nftables. Skip everything else. But why do you want to avoid a GUI completely? -Adam