From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 16 02:24:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA03479 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 02:24:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.cityip.co.za (ns.cityip.co.za [196.25.223.140]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id CAA03472 for ; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 02:24:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wjv@cityip.co.za) Received: from wjv by ns.cityip.co.za with local (Exim 1.82 #2) id 0zU66V-0005j7-00; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 11:23:23 +0200 Message-ID: <19981016112323.B21975@cityip.co.za> Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 11:23:23 +0200 From: Johann Visagie To: "Draper, William" , "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: Re: Firewall-Myth or mistake? Mail-Followup-To: "Draper, William" , "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" References: <1E904A6C123CD21194FC00104B6FEA4B0A98BD@ampsys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <1E904A6C123CD21194FC00104B6FEA4B0A98BD@ampsys.com>; from Draper, William on Thu, Oct 15, 1998 at 05:57:02PM -0400 X-PGP: ftp://ftp.cityip.co.za/users/wjv/pubkey.asc Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 15 Oct 1998 at 17:57 SAT, Draper, William wrote: > > I am interested to know if FreeBSD can host, does host, and how can I get a > look at a... firewall compiled for FreeBSD? FreeBSD contains all the elements to serve as an integral part of a firewall solution, including packet filtering (tightly integrated into the kernel), network address translation capabilities, and the wide availability of many proxy servers for various services. In addition, there are both free and commercial firewall "toolkits" available, which offer many tools which can be used in the construction of a firewall-type solution. PS: If you think a firewall is a single "black box" software solution you can busy in a shrink-wrapped package, then you have fallen prey to marketing disinformation. :-) -- V Johann Visagie | wjv@CityIP.co.za | Tel: +27 21 419-7878 | ICQ: 20645559 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message