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Date:      Wed, 4 Feb 2004 00:54:48 +1100
From:      Emmanuel Dwamena <dwamenae@gco.apana.org.au>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Which interface do I put natd and ipfw
Message-ID:  <200402040054.48227.dwamenae@gco.apana.org.au>
In-Reply-To: <4465epk3a5.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
References:  <200402022344.36084.dwamenae@gco.apana.org.au> <4465epk3a5.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>

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Hi Lowell,
Thanks for the info.
You are right.
I don't need the ip address for the external interface in order to configure 
the firewall. I couldn't understand the sample files that came with ipfw. I 
thought I had to follow the sample file the way it was given. Now I know I 
can change it to the way I want.
Thanks once again.
regds
ed

On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 12:40 am, you wrote:
> Emmanuel Dwamena <dwamenae@gco.apana.org.au> writes:
> > I need help to set up firewall on my freebsd 5.1 box. I have built new
> > kernel with ipfw enabled and is working fine.
> > I need to know which of the 3 interfaces do I put the natd and ipfw.
> > My freebsd 5.1 box has 2 nic cards. ed0 connects to LAN and ed1 connects
> > to adsl modem. I use user ppp to setup the connection to the isp who
> > assigns dynamic ip address to the tun0 interface. I have no ip address
> > assigned to ed1. I have traffc coming in through the tun0 from outside 
> > to the LAN. Which of the interfaces do I use to block unwanted traffic
> > from the internet.- ed1 or tun0?
>
> tun0
>
> >          How do I configure the tun0 interface for the firewall since I
> > do not know the interface address before hand?
>
> You have two choices; either don't use the address in the firewall
> setup at all (it isn't really useful...) or use the "me" keyword for
> the address (see ipfw(8)).
>
> >                                             Secondly which interface do I
> > place natd?
>
> tun0

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