Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 11:21:15 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com> To: Raymond Kohler <ray.kohler@mail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: setting up a very simple firewall Message-ID: <3B61B11B.CFC11D97@urx.com> References: <005d01c116cd$edda54a0$ea01a8c0@cox.rr.com>
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Raymond Kohler wrote: > > I want to set up an ipfw firewall. This should be easy since I'm running no > services on that box and just want to allow all outgoing traffic and no > incoming traffic (except responses from connections I make, of course). The > only trouble is that I have dynamic IP (it's on DHCP) and no "real" > hostname. How do I write these rules? > Start with what Dan has on http://www.mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd/ipfw.html It isn't as simple as you think because most operations require a handshake of one form or another. You have to account for these operations. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA Cool site http://www.bmwfilms.com mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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