Date: Sun, 5 Jul 1998 17:24:17 +1300 From: "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: using IPFW as a firewall Message-ID: <199807050523.RAA27857@cyclops.xtra.co.nz>
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I've started playing around with IPFW in order to boost up the protection around my home network. I've seen some recommendations as to what to filter out, but I haven't seen many explicit examples of what rules will make up a nice simple firewall. My home net consists of the freebd box and two NT boxes. The freebsd box is acting as a firewall. My goal is allow my NT boxes unhindered access to the home net and to the Internet but prevent everything else from coming in. What I don't know is what to block. And how to do it. I've been through the examples found on the freebsd website and through stuff I've found with search engines. Mostly, I wind up blocking something I shouldn't and things stop working. I've started looking at /etc/services for an indication of what's necessary for my goals. I'd like some guidance. -- Dan Langille DVL Software Limited http://www.dvl-software.com : for race timing solutions To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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