From owner-freebsd-security Mon Dec 13 8:14:40 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f176.law4.hotmail.com [216.33.149.176]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5D5B514FF7 for ; Mon, 13 Dec 1999 08:14:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from binkieboi@hotmail.com) Received: (qmail 34191 invoked by uid 0); 13 Dec 1999 16:14:34 -0000 Message-ID: <19991213161434.34190.qmail@hotmail.com> Received: from 12.10.140.2 by www.hotmail.com with HTTP; Mon, 13 Dec 1999 08:14:34 PST X-Originating-IP: [12.10.140.2] From: "Adidas Boy" To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Why use a Firewall? Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 09:14:34 MST Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I have always wondered what does a firewall really do for one? I mean why should one have one for their web servers and what kind of protection does it give to protect against hackers or what not? If i was to install a firewall what types of programs should I install? Any responses would be appreciated. The servers i'm mainly running would just be DNS, Web Server, and mail server. Brian ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message