From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 22 13:40: 5 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from logisticsoftware.co.nz (logisticsoftware.co.nz [202.37.163.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E1DF37B760 for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2000 13:39:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jonc@logisticsoftware.co.nz) Received: from jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz (jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz [10.3.1.1]) by logisticsoftware.co.nz (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA07923; Wed, 23 Feb 2000 10:39:53 +1300 (NZDT) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz (8.9.3/8.9.3) id KAA09441; Wed, 23 Feb 2000 10:39:53 +1300 (NZDT) (envelope-from jonc) Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 10:39:52 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen To: Jonathon McKitrick Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: security question (firewalls) Message-ID: <20000223103952.D8999@jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz> References: <20000223090435.B8999@jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: ; from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org on Tue, Feb 22, 2000 at 09:27:54PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Feb 22, 2000 at 09:27:54PM +0000, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > Well, let me get this right: i have my choice if ipfw or IP filter, > and outside program, right? Which is easiest to set up? I just need > enough to keep some rogue from hacking my box when i connect to my > ISP. I have no routers or anything fancy like that. > > Also, since my IP address will vary, is it tough configging to use a > different address for each login? If you're using ppp(8) to connect, I would suggest that you use ppp(8) internal filtering capabilities instead; check out the filtering rules example for dodgy: in /usr/share/examples/ppp/ppp.conf.sample. Jonathan Chen -------------------------------------------------------------------- "Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny" - Kin Hubbard To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message