From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 19 21:12:22 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3220E16A41F for ; Fri, 19 Aug 2005 21:12:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gcampbell@orcon.net.nz) Received: from dbmail-mx3.orcon.net.nz (loadbalancer2.orcon.net.nz [219.88.242.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F30E43D46 for ; Fri, 19 Aug 2005 21:12:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gcampbell@orcon.net.nz) Received: from [203.184.5.96] (p96.cpiak1-n17.callplus.net.nz [203.184.5.96] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0) by dbmail-mx3.orcon.net.nz (8.13.2/8.13.2/Debian-1) with ESMTP id j7JLEw7S007358 for ; Sat, 20 Aug 2005 09:15:00 +1200 Message-ID: <43064B2F.7050605@orcon.net.nz> Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 09:12:15 +1200 From: Gareth Campbell User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050820) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.86.1/1034/Fri Aug 19 08:07:58 2005 on dbmail-mx3.orcon.net.nz X-Virus-Status: Clean Subject: Internet firewall X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 21:12:22 -0000 Hey guys, I'm a newbie and have got my box all set up with FreeBSD 5.4, fluxbox wm, firefox, thunderbird etc... It's all looking awesome, with transparency, and working well. I run it on dial-up ppp but haven't set up any firewall. Should I be setting one up? If so, do I use one of the bundled firewalls or can someone recommend one that would suit my purposes? This is a stand-alone box, not on a home network. Thanks Gareth