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Date:      Wed, 13 Jan 1999 11:33:50 +1300
From:      "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz>
To:        "Schmitt, Clifton O. PV2" <schmittc@emh2.campbell.army.mil>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: firewalls
Message-ID:  <19990112223433.KJCL678125.mta2-rme@wocker>
In-Reply-To: <5EB8AEFC2332D2119CCA00104B24844D129A0E@CAMITBCNT17>

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On 12 Jan 99, at 16:24, Schmitt, Clifton O. PV2 wrote:

> I am in the army and I am trying to setup a firewall for a 100-user
> network that we run in the field.  We run a DNS server, WWW server, and
> Microsoft Exchange server when we go out.  I am wanting to put a FreeBSD
> box acting as a firewall in front of these systems to keep unwanted access
> to our systems. I would like to have 2 network cards in the BSD box. One
> that is directly connected to our LAN segment and one that is connected
> directly to our router that connects us to the outside world.  Because we
> do not control the router we need to implement a firewall.  I have read
> the chapter in the FreeBSD manual that talks about firewalls but I need
> more information on how to set one up like this.  Maybe specific
> references to this specific type of configuration.  Any help would be
> greatly appreciated. Thank you

FreeBSD sounds like a good candidate for the job.  Some of the stuff on my 
website might be useful.  Hope it helps.  cheers.



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