Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 14:22:26 -0500 (CDT) From: hawkeyd@visi.com (D J Hawkey Jr) To: oscarcvt@hotmail.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: workstation firewall, how secure is it? Message-ID: <200109211922.f8LJMPf55696@sheol.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <F1584HGXAwxXSXI3acH00000261_hotmail.com@ns.sol.net> References: <F1584HGXAwxXSXI3acH00000261_hotmail.com@ns.sol.net>
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In article <F1584HGXAwxXSXI3acH00000261_hotmail.com@ns.sol.net>, oscarcvt@hotmail.com writes: > > [SNIP] > > 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? I agree with Giorgos. I too have FreeBSD running ipfilter and ipnat as a firewall/workstation, and have complete faith (having said that, they're only as good as the rules you feed them!). I haven't raised securelevel, 'cuz I run X, but I lose no sleep. I even went out on a limb and introduced FreeBSD to my employer as their corporate firwall. It's working just fine, and bears the load wonderfully (the box is a 1Ghz P3 with 512Mb RAM, and is way overpowered). The nmap utility is your friend; run it from the outside against your firewall. See what's open, and tighten it up! > thanks to all, > oscar Dave -- Windows: "Where do you want to go today?" Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" FreeBSD: "Are you guys coming, or what?" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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