From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 18 4:24: 9 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp-server2.tampabay.rr.com (smtp-server2.tampabay.rr.com [65.32.1.39]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8801737B40D for ; Tue, 18 Sep 2001 04:24:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from athlon (24161231hfc227.tampabay.rr.com [24.161.231.227]) by smtp-server2.tampabay.rr.com (8.11.2/8.11.2) with SMTP id f8IBO2309160; Tue, 18 Sep 2001 07:24:02 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <012e01c14034$6b815680$e3e7a118@tampabay.rr.com> From: "Jon Craig" To: "ann kok" , "Gary W. Swearingen" Cc: References: <20010916133953.47487.qmail@web20106.mail.yahoo.com> Subject: Re: firewall Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 07:24:02 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG IMHO - I found the "How to Build a FreeBSD-STABLE Firewall with IPFILTER" a *really great* article. I turned an old AMD 5x86 I had sitting around into a ipfilter firewall and got the kernel to compile the first time! Considering that I'm new to *BSD and didn't like Linux-Mandrake, I'm slightly impressed with myself... Go here for the howto : http://www.schlacter.net/public/FreeBSD-STABLE_and_IPFILTER.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary W. Swearingen" To: "ann kok" Cc: Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2001 1:36 PM Subject: Re: firewall > ann kok writes: > > > Can a freebsd box be function as firewall 'ipfilter' > > and as routing from cable modem together? > > Sure; and with the standard 'ipfirewall/ipfw' as well. > > And if you want to risk the reduced security, you can dispense with > a separate firewall/router box and do it all in a box which does > other things -- serving, printing, workstation, etc. > > > If it can, is there any security issues? > > Isn't/Aren't there always? There are several related articles at > FreeBSD-related web sites and some good stuff in the Handbook and > ipf/ipfw man pages and also in a intro man page named "firewall". > Mailing list and newsgroup archives (eg groups.google.com) can also be > very helpful, especially on firewall rules for specific applications > which tend to be omitted from most (but not all) articles and intros. > > You should also find very helpful the book "Building Linux and OpenBSD > Firewalls" (pub: Wiley) which carries over to well to FreeBSD as long as > you use "ipfilter" (and is still quite informative of "theory" for > "ipfw" users). > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message