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From: "Oscar Castaneda" <oscarcvt@hotmail.com>
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Subject: workstation firewall, how secure is it?
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 20:45:57 -0600
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hi, recently i finished configuring a firewall (isa bussed 486 PC), but out 
of bad luck (ignorance i guess) i plugged a "HDD LED" in the mother board 
and now, the pc wont boot (not even get far off the ram count) all i get is 
an invalid system disk prompt,

while i resolve that, im running <yuck> MS internet connection sharing 
<yuck/> on my pc workstation. Im freaking over having my front door open all 
night welcoming crackers inside..

I have freebsd installed, and im considering configuring it as a firewall 
using ipf and ipnat. However I dont want too many tradeoffs in functionality 
and usability (X for example). Still i wonder how secure a solution this is. 
??

Does anyone have any recomendations?  unfortunately i don't have a spare pc 
i can use, all i have is my current (functional thank god) workstation...
are there any howto's or guides for carrying this out on a pc workstation i 
will be using ALL day?

thanks to all,
oscar

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