Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 11:12:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Reynolds <wshs_chat@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: ipfw question(s?) Message-ID: <20020502181234.80626.qmail@web11605.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOEEGNCPAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>
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--- Joe & Fhe Barbish <barbish@a1poweruser.com> wrote: > You are using stateless rules, the most primitive of all the ipfw > rule types. It is very easy to get past a firewall that only uses > these types of rules. If you really want firewall protection then you > have to use the advanced stateful rule type that came out in FBSD > version 4.0. Read > this > > http://www.freebsd-howto.com/HOWTO/Ipfw-Advanced-Supplement-HOWTO > The only thing I use ipfw for is to keep internal clients from using stuff they shouldn't be. For example, I don't want a web hosting client to be using chat. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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