Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 15:54:44 +0100 From: Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely8.cicely.de> To: Alan McKay <amckay@ottawa.com> Cc: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Looking for some binaries, and does this make a good firewall? Message-ID: <20020217145444.GG42456@cicely8.cicely.de> In-Reply-To: <1088.216.187.107.78.1013957134.squirrel@secure.quay.net> References: <1088.216.187.107.78.1013957134.squirrel@secure.quay.net>
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On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 09:45:34AM -0500, Alan McKay wrote: > Folks, > > I got FreeBSD installed on my alpha box last night, but i noticed that > several very common packages were not available. No PHP4, no MySQL > server, and not even an Apache! That's binary packages. Packages for 4.5 are not available yet. Kris Kennaway recently wrote that they are on the way. You need to either use older packes, wait or build yourself via ports. > Where can I get these packages from? I really HATE building this stuff > myself and would prefer not to. Then wait or use older packages. > Also, does FreeBSD make a good firewall? Or should I reinstall the thing > with Linux so I can use ipchains? If FreeBSD does make a good firewall, > what software should I look for? ipfw(8) -- B.Walter COSMO-Project http://www.cosmo-project.de ticso@cicely.de Usergroup info@cosmo-project.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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