From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 21 23:07:53 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8A9416A41F; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 23:07:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr13.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr13.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.33]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4ADE343D45; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 23:07:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr13.xs4all.nl (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j8LN7p0v056154; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 01:07:51 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 28084621E; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 01:07:51 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 01:07:51 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: Kiffin Gish Message-ID: <20050921230751.GA73255@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: Kiffin Gish , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org References: <4331AF00.2010900@gish.demon.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="zhXaljGHf11kAtnf" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4331AF00.2010900@gish.demon.nl> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.10i X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Firewall or not ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 23:07:54 -0000 --zhXaljGHf11kAtnf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 09:05:36PM +0200, Kiffin Gish wrote: > I have installed FreeBSD 5.4 on my Dell Inspiron 8200 using WiFi to=20 > access the Internet. >=20 > My question is what are the pros and cons of running a firewall on my=20 > client, e.g. is it really necessary. A pro would be that a firewall enables you to keep people from accessing your laptop remotely. WiFi connections aren't that secure, unless you encrypt the traffic. So if your laptop is not a server, use a firewall to disable all incoming packets except those related to connections you initiated. That way you can secure necessary services like mail and printin= g. > I mean it's not like I am running Windows and have to bloat it with all= =20 > McAfee, Zonealarm ad infinitum -- or do I? I've got pf on my workstation. I haven't noticed any performance or network speed loss while using it. So I can see few reasons not to use a firewall. If you're not running windows, don't bother with a virus scanner. Do filter your mail for spam, though. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith (http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/) Please send e-mail as plain text. public key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt --zhXaljGHf11kAtnf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDMefHEnfvsMMhpyURAocAAKCrf3V3uuXonPnvHc18uZk2k2XfTwCglzwW ojBLYGSQx8xml8Bq/8kSn1M= =PZfD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --zhXaljGHf11kAtnf--