Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 09:52:10 -0400 From: Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com> To: Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: easy Firewall setup Message-ID: <4DB6CE0A.8070804@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <BANLkTi=Ve56c_QhFnA5c0xoRPf82eZZ=1w@mail.gmail.com> References: <BANLkTi=Ve56c_QhFnA5c0xoRPf82eZZ=1w@mail.gmail.com>
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Antonio Olivares wrote: > Dear kind folks, > > Is there an easy firewall setup available somewhere(like the one > referenced below but for FreeBSD)? > > i.e, like I saw reading in Distrowatch an easy way(using a page on the > net: http://connie.slackware.com/~alien/efg/) > > I have read that there is pf and there is an implementation by OpenBSD > and both are available on FreeBSD via ports system/packages. > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls.html > > I don't know which one to use, is there a page, howto (build a > firewall or convert an existing one) to use here? All I want is to be > allowed to visit websites but don't allow anyone out there to come in > somehow a template that I can use and try out to see if I can get it > working. Of course the network name might be different, but I can try > to figure things out. > > ne0, fe0, ra0, ..., etc > > After figuring this out, my next big job/task is to use FreeBSD to > make up a new router/dhcp server to give/assign ip numbers to machines > from one and give to many. This has been something hard that I have > failed at several times. Maybe with FreeBSD I can be successfull? > > Thanks, > > Antonio > The Freebsd handbook has a very detailed section on the firewalls that are part of the base system. Start there. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls.html
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