Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 15:02:49 +1000 (EST) From: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au> To: Amancio Hasty Jr <hasty@netcom.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: routing question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960828150020.3306B-100000@panda.hilink.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199608280125.SAA15780@netcom18.netcom.com>
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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
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