Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 01:35:21 -0700 From: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com> To: freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org Subject: ipwf firewall stock rule types ? Message-ID: <74910.1560155721@segfault.tristatelogic.com>
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I'm setting up a new server, from scratch, and I find that it's always best to review relevant sections of the Handbook when doing so, especially if one hasn't done this fopr a long time, which I haven't. This page has me a bit puzzled: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls-ipfw.html This page says that the stock ipfw firewall rulesets are as follows: open: passes all traffic. client: protects only this machine. simple: protects the whole network. closed: entirely disables IP traffic except for the loopback interface. workstation: protects only this machine using stateful rules. UNKNOWN: disables the loading of firewall rules. ... I'd just like to know what the differences are between "client" and "simple". Can anyone explain that to me, briefly?
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