From owner-freebsd-security Thu Jun 21 0: 1: 4 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from alpha.focalnetworks.net (alpha.focalnetworks.net [209.135.104.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A5EFF37B401 for ; Thu, 21 Jun 2001 00:01:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from project10@alpha.focalnetworks.net) Received: (qmail 71190 invoked by uid 1000); 21 Jun 2001 07:03:43 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 21 Jun 2001 07:03:43 -0000 Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 03:03:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Shawn Lussier To: default013 - subscriptions Cc: Subject: Re: quick natd question In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20010621030238.F71176-100000@alpha.focalnetworks.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hey there, 'natd' is a daemon to manage the translation of network addresses -- it does Network Address Translation. In your setup, this isn't necessary. For more information on natd, try 'man natd'. -Shawn On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, default013 - subscriptions wrote: > Hi, > > I'm about to setup ipfw for the first time and I've got a few pointers that > involve natd. i dont know what natd is ... is someone could give a brief > descripton of it it would be helpful... > > basically this is a standalone webserver, no router or anything... with one > ethernet card... i just want to be able to block any ports besides the ones > i use and block certain ip addresses... > > thanks, > > Jordan > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message