From owner-freebsd-security Thu Jan 27 10:36:46 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from vinyl.sentex.ca (vinyl.sentex.ca [209.112.4.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB873156CE for ; Thu, 27 Jan 2000 10:36:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from simoeon (simeon.sentex.ca [209.112.4.47]) by vinyl.sentex.ca (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id NAA75469; Thu, 27 Jan 2000 13:36:29 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.20000127133413.01287d20@staff.sentex.ca> X-Sender: mdtpop@staff.sentex.ca X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 13:34:13 -0500 To: Jeffery Soule , freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG From: Mike Tancsa Subject: Re: Firewalls In-Reply-To: <20000127.18320500@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 06:32 PM 1/27/00 GMT, Jeffery Soule wrote: > Greetings, I am looking for a starting point to learn about setting up >a firewall on FreeBSD 3.3. Any pointers would be GREATLY appreciated! >Thanks, /Jeff ipfw is the most basic one to start with, and then ipfilter is your next step. See /etc/rc.firewall for some examples. Also, have a look through the mailing list archives as there has been many useful threads on these topics in the past. the key words ipfw and ipfilter will yield a wealth of information and starting points. ---Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 Network Administrator, mike@sentex.net Sentex Communications www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message