Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 09:32:12 -0800 (PST) From: "Eric J. Schwertfeger" <ejs@bfd.com> To: Brandon Gillespie <brandon@cold.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: /etc/sysconfig for firewall? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970303092613.5225A-100000@harlie.bfd.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970303095416.15953A-100000@cold.org>
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On Mon, 3 Mar 1997, Brandon Gillespie wrote: > What options need to be on/off for a firewall? do I define a default > gateway? what is it? I know I turn on 'firewall'--do I set a routing > daemon? 1: recompile a kernel with "options IPFIREWALL" 2: edit /etc/sysconfig for the following lines firewall=YES gateway=YES 3: edit /etc/rc.firewall to comply with your security plan. 4: reboot, and test thoroughly. best done at the console, in case you missed something and can now no longer get into the machine (I did that once on a machine 2000 miles away). step 2 assumes static routing, which I prefer on firewalls. If you need to use dynamic routing, rather than setting gateway to yes, you'll set router to the type of router you plan on using.
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