Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 08:59:23 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <charon@labs.gr> To: Oscar Castaneda <oscarcvt@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: workstation firewall, how secure is it? Message-ID: <20010921085923.A41393@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <F1584HGXAwxXSXI3acH00000261@hotmail.com> References: <F1584HGXAwxXSXI3acH00000261@hotmail.com>
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Oscar Castaneda <oscarcvt@hotmail.com> wrote: > > 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. > > ?? Without describing the 'solution' in more detail, it's hard to guess. > 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? I'm writing this message on a machine that runs FreeBSD (only). The same machine runs X11 when I feel like writing something that needs a bit more colour than the console can provide (such as SGML in XEmacs), and it also uses ipfilter to filter incoming and outgoing traffic when I'm connected to the net. The samples of ipfilter in /usr/src/contrib/ipfilter/samples were what I started to read when I was trying to build my own set of rules for this firewall. Guides and tutorials at www.freebsd.org, www.freebsddiary.org and www.daemonnews.org also helped a lot. To make a long story short. Yes, what you're asking, can be done. -giorgos To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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