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Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 12:27:18 +0000
From: Eric Brunner-Williams in Portland Maine <brunner@nic-naa.net>
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Subject: Re: setup firewall/router/proxy 
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Oki all,

If it isn't too much of a bother, someone asked me the same question,
but for a platform I'm unfamiliar with -- a 2.4.18-6mdk (Mandrake)
linux distro. As the target is not freebsd, I'll be happy with any
technical response, and off-list is probably better than on.

TiA,
Eric

> > What are the best firewall - routing and proxy
> > packages for FreeBSD ?
> 
> FW/Routing: IPFW + natd (both have man pages)
> Proxy:      squid (/usr/ports/www/squid)
> 
> IMHO.
> 
> Steve
> 
> > Have only experience with debian/proxy/masquerading/iptables.
> > Thansks in advance for the help.
> > mess-mate
>