Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 20:45:57 -0600 From: "Oscar Castaneda" <oscarcvt@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: workstation firewall, how secure is it? Message-ID: <F1584HGXAwxXSXI3acH00000261@hotmail.com>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
hi, recently i finished configuring a firewall (isa bussed 486 PC), but out of bad luck (ignorance i guess) i plugged a "HDD LED" in the mother board and now, the pc wont boot (not even get far off the ram count) all i get is an invalid system disk prompt, while i resolve that, im running <yuck> MS internet connection sharing <yuck/> on my pc workstation. Im freaking over having my front door open all night welcoming crackers inside.. I have freebsd installed, and im considering configuring it as a firewall using ipf and ipnat. However I dont want too many tradeoffs in functionality and usability (X for example). Still i wonder how secure a solution this is. ?? Does anyone have any recomendations? unfortunately i don't have a spare pc i can use, all i have is my current (functional thank god) workstation... are there any howto's or guides for carrying this out on a pc workstation i will be using ALL day? thanks to all, oscar _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?F1584HGXAwxXSXI3acH00000261>