From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Dec 7 19:42:15 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E7B8C6C365 for ; Wed, 7 Dec 2016 19:42:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca) Received: from inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [216.185.71.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca", Issuer "CA HLL ISSUER 01" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 32BA614CC for ; Wed, 7 Dec 2016 19:42:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E64B621FA for ; Wed, 7 Dec 2016 14:42:07 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at harte-lyne.ca Received: from inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id GKRT9fzlefGZ for ; Wed, 7 Dec 2016 14:42:05 -0500 (EST) Received: from webmail.harte-lyne.ca (inet04.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [216.185.71.24]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 05896620C0 for ; Wed, 7 Dec 2016 14:42:05 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=harte-lyne.ca; s=dkim_hll; t=1481139725; bh=8aPaA1ZKLXFDxhavY6qFdiqHGNyuUyjQDHeXnEazECk=; h=Date:Subject:From:To:Reply-To; b=ONrE+CcJzgSpcix6Ea7gueDZS4nk2Fqtordm9VKnI1ook+Bjtq58lQ2S+jJsfPQE0 8e2JOoxEkSnqpw3b5PB9ZDtCLfK7B0aacQjtXcCg1px5/wnuJuFnDPBW11/QKbQkpz YR8Rz8+g9wJs1OuAuRFz/zwxMO/A00r4yz20E8toNwg7p/6k3IpuEWGWmymgtuvcsI AxWA62Jj3g1DqBzOL9ZYlGQVIGOqizh6Dv5uTB0dN/AoQ1VZ8wfP8E9+ojUcyOQD4P NeGANwZg/2VsfsOiwgTHI8s099wj76rLOFtW7xCEKxcTrGUV0XlGPfQaircM1RhC8Y BuJ4gBtqJdQ1g== Received: from 216.185.71.44 (SquirrelMail authenticated user byrnejb_hll) by webmail.harte-lyne.ca with HTTP; Wed, 7 Dec 2016 14:42:05 -0500 Message-ID: <5bed7716cd0c9f56e7fe73e86d0cde45.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 14:42:05 -0500 Subject: FreeBSD Firewalls From: "James B. Byrne" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Reply-To: byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.22-4.el6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2016 19:42:15 -0000 Well, the setup and loading of Postgresql9.6 seems to have completed successfully. Now, before this can go live I need to set up the firewall. I am used to IPTables on CentOS but have no experience with IPFilter or PF. First, which firewall, of the three I read are available (IPFW, IPFilter and PF is the recommended choice? Which of them, if any, have FW for dummies like tools/guides? -- *** e-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** Do NOT transmit sensitive data via e-Mail Do NOT open attachments nor follow links sent by e-Mail James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3