Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 08:00:05 -0800 From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: John Travis <jorman@austin.rr.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Firewall for the lazy??? Message-ID: <200011141600.eAEG0XZ18800@cwsys.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 13 Nov 2000 06:43:37 CST." <nsnv0t01p9491bjeu2larm5bcatrdapp53@4ax.com>
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FreeBSD comes with IPFW and IP Filter. You'll need to decide which one you'll want to use. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/DEC Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA Province of BC In message <nsnv0t01p9491bjeu2larm5bcatrdapp53@4ax.com>, John Travis writes: > On Mon, 13 Nov 2000 07:45:43 -0500, you wrote: > > >To the best of my knowledge, there are no "firewall for the lazy" > >tools out there. Sorry. > > > >==ml > > :-(. Thanks for the reply though. Not really the answer I was hoping for bu > t you definitely win the quickest response time award. Score one for the Fre > e community 8^). You honestly spat that back at me in minutes. I have actua > lly been reading through some of your articles since then. I need to play wi > th/learn the big differences between Free and Linux first (things like the pa > ckaging system and the handling of modules etc.). I was just hoping I could > lock down my ports easily while I read and read and read. All well, now I de > finitely have a place to start. I'm about to check out any related links fro > m freebsd.org, but perhaps you could guide me to some good info/faqs/tutorial > s on setting up ipfw in Free? Nothing too complicated needed. Just a single > user workstation on a cable modem (DHCP). > > thanks again, > > jt > Debian Gnu/Linux <http://www.debian.org>; > FreeBSD <http://www.FreeBSD.org>; > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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