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Date:      Sun, 17 Feb 2002 10:58:30 -0500 (EST)
From:      Don <don@blacksun.org>
To:        Alan McKay <amckay@ottawa.com>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Looking_for_some_binaries,_and_does_this_make_a_good_firewall=3F?=
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.10202171056270.70163-100000@calis.blacksun.org>
In-Reply-To: <1088.216.187.107.78.1013957134.squirrel@secure.quay.net>

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> Where can I get these packages from?  I really HATE building this stuff
> myself and would prefer not to.
You do not need to build these yourself. FreeBSD will build them for you
using the ports tree.

> Also, does FreeBSD make a good firewall?  Or should I reinstall the thing
> with Linux so I can use ipchains?  If FreeBSD does make a good firewall,
> what software should I look for?
ipf and ipfw are excellent firewalls that are included in the base
distribution of FreeBSD. They have a much longer history then ipchains and
are, in my opinion, more robust.

-don


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