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Date:      Tue, 14 Nov 2000 18:44:14 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
Cc:        Nuno Teixeira <nuno.teixeira@pt-quorum.com>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: PPP NAT Gateway security
Message-ID:  <20001114184414.A3878@citusc17.usc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <200011141850.eAEIoXY00540@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>; from brian@Awfulhak.org on Tue, Nov 14, 2000 at 06:50:33PM %2B0000
References:  <nuno.teixeira@pt-quorum.com> <200011141850.eAEIoXY00540@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>

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On Tue, Nov 14, 2000 at 06:50:33PM +0000, Brian Somers wrote:
> > Hello to all,
> >=20
> > Recently I configured a FreeBSD box to act like a gateway for my NT
> > workstation computers at my office have access to the Internet. I confi=
gured
> > it in this way:
> >=20
> >     ppp -background -nat MYISP
> >=20
> > It works OK and I have access to a lot of Internet services.
> >=20
> > My question is: do I need to configure this machine with firewall, so I=
 can
> > protect my internal network from the outside net?
> >=20
> > If I need so, please tell me a good place to start with firewalls for
> > FreeBSD.
>=20
> If you just want to deny incoming connections, you can ``nat=20
> deny_incoming yes'' and ``nat target MYADDR'' in your config=20
> (although *MAKE SURE* you've got a recent version of ppp - you can=20
> get it via http://www.Awfulhak.org/ppp.html - if in doubt, test it=20
> from the outside).

The reason for this is described in security advisory 00:70 released today.

Kris

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