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Date:      Mon, 3 Feb 2003 15:58:24 -0700 (MST)
From:      <massey@rmci.net>
To:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: FBSD firewall in front of windows IIS servers  HOW
Message-ID:  <3593.216.222.104.2.1044313104.squirrel@webmail.velocitus.net>
In-Reply-To: <20030203144706.H93792-100000@cypress.adhesivemedia.com>
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I use NATD see http://www.freebsddiary.org/ipfw.php

M


> You could do natd it or use a bridged firewall so to everyone else it
> would appear that the Windows box is on the net.  The other nice thing
> about the bridge is that you can set it up so that it doesn't have an IP
> address at all... which makes it pretty hard to break into :)
>
> Sometimes that can get around some of the issues with self-referencing
> urls (whether they are private or public) that happens with natd and
> proxy servers...
>
> On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, Peter wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> 	Just wondering what would be the best way to do this...
>>
>>
>> 		INTERNET----FBSD FIREWALL----WINDOWS IIS SERVER
>>
>>
>> Basically what would be the best way to have freebsd accept incoming
>> connections, run them thru the firewall, and all the packets that pass
>> forward them to internal windows machines.  I dont' want the windows
>> boxen directly on the net, I want to put a FBSD firewall in front of
>> them, and so far the best option I've found on how to do this is to
>> have the windows boxen be 192.168.x.x and have the fbsd boxen forward
>> all connections to "public_ip" to the windows box via natd.  Does this
>> seem like a good plan? Or anyone know of another better way to do
>> this?
>>
>> --------------
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>> 		-- Dan Fylstra
>>
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>>
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