Date: 16 Sep 2001 10:36:25 -0700 From: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen) To: ann kok <annkok2001@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: firewall Message-ID: <p7elp76ns6.lp7@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20010916133953.47487.qmail@web20106.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20010916133953.47487.qmail@web20106.mail.yahoo.com>
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ann kok <annkok2001@yahoo.com> writes: > Can a freebsd box be function as firewall 'ipfilter' > and as routing from cable modem together? Sure; and with the standard 'ipfirewall/ipfw' as well. And if you want to risk the reduced security, you can dispense with a separate firewall/router box and do it all in a box which does other things -- serving, printing, workstation, etc. > If it can, is there any security issues? Isn't/Aren't there always? There are several related articles at FreeBSD-related web sites and some good stuff in the Handbook and ipf/ipfw man pages and also in a intro man page named "firewall". Mailing list and newsgroup archives (eg groups.google.com) can also be very helpful, especially on firewall rules for specific applications which tend to be omitted from most (but not all) articles and intros. You should also find very helpful the book "Building Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls" (pub: Wiley) which carries over to well to FreeBSD as long as you use "ipfilter" (and is still quite informative of "theory" for "ipfw" users). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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