From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 26 15:09:32 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 047A31065672 for ; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:09:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from max@love2party.net) Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.183]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 969EB8FC16 for ; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:09:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from max@love2party.net) Received: from vampire.homelinux.org (dslb-088-066-046-062.pools.arcor-ip.net [88.66.46.62]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mrelayeu0) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MKwh2-1JeXFp3q4M-0008O6; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:09:30 +0100 Received: (qmail 46901 invoked from network); 26 Mar 2008 15:08:40 -0000 Received: from myhost.laiers.local (192.168.4.151) by laiers.local with SMTP; 26 Mar 2008 15:08:40 -0000 From: Max Laier Organization: FreeBSD To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:07:48 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.9 References: <252055.77706.qm@web35604.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <252055.77706.qm@web35604.mail.mud.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200803261607.48697.max@love2party.net> X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/UaVvY/KKF75WHpOCPzQJq8GI2WlUttr7nnKM 9NShuvKazy+U0PYwb8K01Ats3zfLqWmac31LCsP8jAknrnUA7F 5I/RY4AqyZXzPCQjhxGCA== Cc: Passive PROFITS Subject: Re: Newbie Question - about newbie user support X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:09:32 -0000 On Wednesday 26 March 2008 15:15:30 Passive PROFITS wrote: > Where/How to get started?!? There is the very complete Handbook[1] which offers step by step instruction for almost every common task. A look at the FAQ[2] doesn't hurt - esp. if something's seemingly strange. The man pages that are installed with the normal installation are *complete* and "man intro" and "man apropos" should help to find the tools and documentation for them. You were also mentioning that you plan to setup a firewall. There we are spoiled for choice on FreeBSD. The alternatives are IPFW, PF and IPF - details in the handbook[3]. If you choose pf there are several very good tutorials available online[4] and on the bookshelfs[5]. Obviously there are printed FreeBSD handbooks as well. Esp. the newly released Absolute FreeBSD 2nd. Edition[6] is very worth the money. If you still have questions don't be afraid to ask on any FreeBSD list. Just make sure you stick to the topic, provide adequate context and show (at least a little) that you have done your homework. You'll find that the FreeBSD community in general is very helpful, even with very basic questions. Last but not least, you can check the user group listing[7] for people in your area. [1]http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ [2]http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/ [3]http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls.html [4]http://www.bsdly.net/~peter/pf.html [5]http://www.amazon.com/Book-PF-No-Nonsense-OpenBSD-Firewall/dp/1593271654/ http://www.amazon.com/OpenBSD-PF-Packet-Filter-Book/dp/0979034205/ http://www.amazon.com/Building-Firewalls-OpenBSD-PF-2nd/dp/8391665119/ [6]http://www.amazon.com/Absolute-FreeBSD-Complete-Guide-2nd/dp/1593271514/ [7]http://www.freebsd.org/usergroups.html -- /"\ Best regards, | mlaier@freebsd.org \ / Max Laier | ICQ #67774661 X http://pf4freebsd.love2party.net/ | mlaier@EFnet / \ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Against HTML Mail and News