From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 27 13: 4:15 2002 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 8CAB537B406 for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 13:04:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dns2.digitalglobe.com (dns2.digitalglobe.com [205.166.175.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB18143E4A for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 13:04:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nospamposter@nterprise.net) Received: from lohr.digitalglobe.com (lohr.digitalglobe.com [10.10.11.18]) by dns2.digitalglobe.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g7RJsQVs099648; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 13:54:26 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from nospamposter@nterprise.net) Subject: Re: Firewall Help plz From: John-David Childs To: "RDWestSr@hotpop" Cc: friar_josh@webwarrior.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <000b01c24b2f$09c867b0$0a00a8c0@papabear> References: <001401c24973$cf3fb240$0a00a8c0@papabear> <1029964281.226.6.camel@markx.vladsempire.net> <000b01c24b2f$09c867b0$0a00a8c0@papabear> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8-3mdk Date: 27 Aug 2002 13:54:25 -0600 Message-Id: <1030478068.23463.108.camel@lohr.digitalglobe.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Pick up the book: http://www.wiley.com/legacy/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm I just leafed through it while at the bookstore a few minutes ago...not bad at all! The *BSD section is for OpenBSD, but will apply fairly well to FreeBSD. (And no, I didn't get paid by the authors...nor do I even know them ;-) PS: I agree that even a small business should be able to fork over $50 for a Saturday afternoon setup... > > > a friend of mine asked me to help him get his small business > online. > > > i'm looking for some ideas on this. my questions... > > > > > > 10 computers > > > - 1 server > > > -9 clients > > > > > > ok, all customer info, orders, etc is kept on the server... he has 9 > > > employees that log into the server from their client pc to update and > change > > > information etc... What kind of server? What kind of clients? > > > > > > what is the best secure way to build the firewall or wall(s) for the > > > network.... This depends on the questions above, and what needs to be protected. The included "simple firewall" in /etc/rc.firewall is almost good enough to run out of the box...throw in a few commands to open up desired ports and you're done. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message