Date: Sat, 20 May 2000 13:06:46 +0200 From: Marc Silver <marcs@draenor.org> To: "Mark S. Reichman" <reichman@twcny.rr.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Firewall and DHCP dynamic IP Message-ID: <20000520130646.X61764@draenor.org> In-Reply-To: <3925AA16.55B78E3B@twcny.rr.com>; from reichman@twcny.rr.com on Fri, May 19, 2000 at 08:54:46PM %2B0000 References: <3925AA16.55B78E3B@twcny.rr.com>
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Hey there, You're welcome to read the guide I wrote about firewalling with dynamically assigned IP addresses. It does used natd, which I know you don't sound too keen on, but I'm sure you could use it as a good grounding for whatever you want to do: http://draenor.org/ipfw Cheers, Marc On Fri, May 19, 2000 at 08:54:46PM +0000, Mark S. Reichman wrote: > I am sitting on a DHCP connection at home. > I decided to turn log_in_vain on. I figured I > would just see what would happen. > To my surprise, I actully > am getting people trying to connect to my > box. Since I have no idea why folks are doing > this, I am assuming mistakes, I would like to > set up a firewall for safety. I have read articles saying > to enable natd and the FreeBSD OS firewall. I only have > one machine and dont need any address > translation. Is there a way to enable the > OS firewall and have a dynamic IP without using natd? > Should I use a diff firewall from the ports? Is it common > to have a firewall on a home computer attached > to a cable modem? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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