From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Aug 27 22:03:18 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA28140 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 27 Aug 1996 22:03:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from panda.hilink.com.au (panda.hilink.com.au [203.2.144.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA28130 for ; Tue, 27 Aug 1996 22:03:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from danny@localhost) by panda.hilink.com.au (8.7.5/8.7.3) id PAA03336; Wed, 28 Aug 1996 15:02:51 +1000 (EST) Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 15:02:49 +1000 (EST) From: "Daniel O'Callaghan" To: Amancio Hasty Jr cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: routing question In-Reply-To: <199608280125.SAA15780@netcom18.netcom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 27 Aug 1996, Amancio Hasty Jr wrote: > I have a box with an ethernet interface and a slip line. > The ethernet is on a different network than the slip line. > What i want to know if I have to install a firewall to prevent > people outside my complex to access my LAN. Do you want the lan to access the outside? If not, then just don't enable ip forwarding (/etc/sysconfig:gateway=NO) Otherwise, running some packet filters would be a good idea. Run 2.1.5 and read /etc/rc.firewall. Build a kernel with options IPFIREWALL Danny