From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 18 00:45:33 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id AAA23253 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 18 Nov 1996 00:45:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (gatekeeper.barcode.co.il [192.116.93.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA23228 for ; Mon, 18 Nov 1996 00:45:25 -0800 (PST) Received: (from smap@localhost) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (8.7.5/8.6.12) id KAA13425; Mon, 18 Nov 1996 10:44:56 +0200 (IST) X-Authentication-Warning: gatekeeper.barcode.co.il: smap set sender to using -f Received: from localhost.barcode.co.il(127.0.0.1) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il via smap (V1.3) id sma013422; Mon Nov 18 10:44:27 1996 Message-ID: <329021AA.1D84@barcode.co.il> Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 10:43:22 +0200 From: Nadav Eiron X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (X11; I; SunOS 5.5 sun4m) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Christian Fortin CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Fire Wall with FreeBSD, is it good? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Christian Fortin wrote: > > Can I trust a fire Wall with FreeBSD ??? > Any comment is welcom... > Which package do you sugest ? If you trust things you build yourself, then yes, you can trust a firewall. Look into using ipfw (it's in the handbook) and the TIS fwtk (it's in the ports). Note that a firewall is much more than the utilities used to implement it. You need to set up security policies and configure your firewall accordingly. You may want to take a look at: Firewalls and Internet Security: Repelling the Wily Hacker W. R. Cheswick and S. M. Bellovin Addison-Wesley ISBN: 0-201-63357-4 There are probably many more good books on the subject... > > ---------------------------------- > E-Mail: Christian Fortin > Date: 11/17/96 > Heure: 19:58:57 > ##################################################--------+ > Electro-Conception tel:(418) 872-6641 | > 3665 Croisset fax:(418) 872-9198 | > Quebec,P.Q. www.ec.camitel.com/ec | > Canada ftp.ec.camitel.com | > G1P-1L4 | /----|<|----WM--|(--J > --------------------------L---WM-----< > \----1 > --- > - Nadav