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Date:      Wed, 01 May 1996 10:16:55 +0930
From:      Garth Kidd <garth@dogbert.systems.sa.gov.au>
To:        Paul Danckaert <pauld@umbc.edu>, Mark Newton <newton@communica.com.au>
Cc:        Kristyn Fayette <kristyn@gnu.ai.mit.edu>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD & firewalls
Message-ID:  <960501101804.ZM2871@jolt.systems.sa.gov.au>
In-Reply-To: Paul Danckaert <pauld@umbc.edu> <"Re: FreeBSD & firewalls"@state.systems.sa.gov.au> (Apr 30, 10:02)
References:  <Pine.SGI.3.91.960430095746.26867A-100000@umbc7.umbc.edu>

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On Apr 30, 10:02, Paul Danckaert wrote:

> Also, I'm just curious and haven't looked too much into it, but has 
> anybody used BSD to firewall people within a site?  For example, we are 
> looking at putting dorms on ethernet, but we are going to block various 
> protocols, ports, etc..  

Great idea.  Those dorms are a real security threat, and I completely 
understand wanting to firewall yourself off from them :).

[I'm at least a measure serious, actually; what are you trying to protect?]

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