From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 21 12:22:41 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from breg.mc.mpls.visi.com (breg.mc.mpls.visi.com [208.42.156.101]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77BDD37B410 for ; Fri, 21 Sep 2001 12:22:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sheol.localdomain (hawkeyd-fw.dsl.visi.com [208.42.101.193]) by breg.mc.mpls.visi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25EC32D0538; Fri, 21 Sep 2001 14:22:31 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from hawkeyd@localhost) by sheol.localdomain (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f8LJMPf55696; Fri, 21 Sep 2001 14:22:26 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from hawkeyd) Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 14:22:26 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <200109211922.f8LJMPf55696@sheol.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.8a Reply-To: hawkeyd@visi.com Organization: if (!FIFO) if (!LIFO) break; References: In-Reply-To: From: hawkeyd@visi.com (D J Hawkey Jr) Subject: Re: workstation firewall, how secure is it? X-Original-Newsgroups: sol.lists.freebsd.questions To: oscarcvt@hotmail.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In article , 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