From owner-freebsd-isp Sat Oct 21 21:18:25 1995 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id VAA24875 for isp-outgoing; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 21:18:25 -0700 Received: from kryten.atinc.com (kryten.Atinc.COM [198.138.38.7]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id VAA24862 for ; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 21:18:21 -0700 Received: (jmb@localhost) by kryten.atinc.com (8.6.9/8.3) id AAA26401; Sun, 22 Oct 1995 00:10:59 -0400 Date: Sun, 22 Oct 1995 00:10:56 -0400 (EDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" Subject: Re: Firewalls for FBSD To: System Administrator cc: FreeBSD ISP Group In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 22 Oct 1995, System Administrator wrote: > I am interested in using FreeBSD as a firewall between out service and a > corporated customer next door (ethernet connection) on a 386- 40 machine > with 8 megs of RAM and 100 megs of disk. depends upon what has to pass thru and what has to be supported. mind i have a 386dx40 with 16mb taking all the mail for this site, anon-ftp server and news...as well as 40 peoples email accounts. gets slow at times, but it works. > 1. Will it have enough power to do the job? > > 2. What software should I install for the firewall? fwtk, available from www.tis.com. read _building_internet_firewalls_ by bretn chapman and elizabeth zwicky. excelletn practical source of how-to and why-for information. > > Any pointers appreciated. > jbeukema > > > Jonathan M. Bresler jmb@kryten.atinc.com | Analysis & Technology, Inc. FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.Org | 2341 Jeff Davis Hwy play go. | Arlington, VA 22202 ride bike. hack FreeBSD.--ah the good life | 703-418-2800 x346