From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 5 21:22:37 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx2out.umbc.edu (mx2out.umbc.edu [130.85.253.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 603AD37B422 for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2001 21:22:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gmiddl1@gl.umbc.edu) Received: from linux2.gl.umbc.edu (IDENT:gmiddl1@linux2.gl.umbc.edu [130.85.60.16]) by mx2out.umbc.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA27594; Fri, 6 Apr 2001 00:22:31 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 00:22:30 -0400 (EDT) From: "G. Jason Middleton" To: "Michael O'Henly" Cc: Subject: Re: Setting up a simple firewall and NAT... In-Reply-To: <01040519093000.02327@pravda.tenzo.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG http://www.mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd/ http://www.freebsd-howto.com/HOWTO/NAT-HOWTO there ya go let me nkow how it goes Jason On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Michael O'Henly wrote: > I'm looking for some general advice on how to set up a firewall and NAT for a > home network. > > My requirements are pretty simple. I have a FreeBSD box with two NICs, one > connected to the internet via cable modem and the other to an internal > network on which there are two Macs. My external IP is assigned by DHCP. I'm > not running any services that I want accessible to external users, or any > from which I'd want to block internal users. > > To set this up under Linux, I use a script called pmfirewall which asks > questions about the network, which services you want available to whom, etc., > and then generates a set of IPCHAINS rules. > > 1. Is there something comparable for FreeBSD (i.e., a simple front-end for > NATD and ipfw)? > > 2. Am I correct in thinking that I'll need to recompile the kernel to enable > the IPFIREWALL and IPDIVERT options? > > 3. Do you know of any introductory tutorials for mere mortals who need a > basic FreeBSD firewall? > > Thanks. > > M. > > -- > Michael O'Henly > TENZO Design > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > G. Jason Middleton _______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement: The revolution will not be televised. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message