Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:42:21 +0100 From: Marian Hettwer <mh@kernel32.de> To: Passive PROFITS <passiveprofits@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie Question - about newbie user support Message-ID: <c02ac938c2877a78ec77ee1f5258b7d5@localhost> In-Reply-To: <431299.70936.qm@web35603.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <431299.70936.qm@web35603.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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Hi there, On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:19:55 -0700 (PDT), Passive PROFITS <passiveprofits@yahoo.com> wrote: > > FWIW, I am only experienced with putting together > firewalls in Ubuntu using a GUI (Firestarter). I do > not seem to have come across problems using that combo > (IPtables? + Firestarter GUI). > I'm actually not aware wether there is a gui to plug together a firewall ruleset based on pf(4). That said, I suggest to use pf as the packet filter of choice. It's a great one. Get a first impression about pf(4) by reading the handbook (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls-pf.html) or by reading man pfctl. As a newbie, you should start with the handbook :) Obviously you should have an idea what a packet filter (buzzword is firewall) does. A good understanding on how tcp and networking works is preferred for a good configuration. Another way of just having a FreeBSD + pf based firewall would be using pfsense (http://www.pfsense.org/) which is in my understanding a FreeBSD live CD with a nice webfrontend to configure your router/firewall. It really depends on what you want to do... wanna learn how to setup a packet filter in a unix environment? Go with FreeBSD. Wanna have a nearly out of the box firewall, go with pfsense. I'd prefer the FreeBSD way, because it's always good to understand what the heck is going on under the hood :) Anyway, welcome on board and happy experimenting. regards, Marian
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