From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 26 02:06:17 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 951F51065670 for ; Tue, 26 Apr 2011 02:06:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from DStaal@usa.net) Received: from mail.magehandbook.com (173-8-4-45-WashingtonDC.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [173.8.4.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A5978FC15 for ; Tue, 26 Apr 2011 02:06:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.50] (Mac-Pro.magehandbook.com [192.168.1.50]) by mail.magehandbook.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34E5A3E3; Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:06:05 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:06:05 -0400 From: Daniel Staal To: Antonio Olivares , FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Cc: Subject: Re: easy Firewall setup X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD Questions List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 02:06:17 -0000 --As of April 25, 2011 7:43:33 PM -0500, Antonio Olivares is alleged to have said: > I don't know which one to use, is there a page, howto (build a > firewall or convert an existing one) to use here? All I want is to be > allowed to visit websites but don't allow anyone out there to come in > somehow a template that I can use and try out to see if I can get it > working. Of course the network name might be different, but I can try > to figure things out. If all you want is a firewall, I'd go with this: Based on FreeBSD, but they've set it up nice and put an easy-to-use interface on top of it. Of course if you wanted you could always just install the base system, turn on routing, and configure pf/iptables. There's not really a whole lot to either one, really... But if you don't feel like learning their syntax right now, or doing everything via a text editor, I'd really go with pfsense. (Even if you *do* know their syntax, in most cases I'd go with pfsense...) > After figuring this out, my next big job/task is to use FreeBSD to > make up a new router/dhcp server to give/assign ip numbers to machines > from one and give to many. This has been something hard that I have > failed at several times. Maybe with FreeBSD I can be successfull? pfsense has a DHCP server, no problem there. Daniel T. Staal --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. ---------------------------------------------------------------