Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 08:41:36 +0200 From: Thomas Uhrfelt <thomas.uhrfelt@plymovent.se> To: "'freebsd-security@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-security@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: IPFilter? Message-ID: <01BE8653.67C58CC0.thomas.uhrfelt@plymovent.se>
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I already bought the 'Building Internet Firewalls' and its a good book, and I got the theoretic side of building a firewall pretty much nailed down. What I am missing is FreeBSD specific things + IPFilter/NAT things. I am new to the FreeBSD community and can't find any good documentation covering these. Neither is the IPFilter package filled with any "good" newcomer docs. I really think IPFilter and IPNat should be covered in the handbook since its a kernel option nowdays. Do you have any links for good FreeBSD+IPFilter pages? Regards, Thomas Uhrfelt [cut ] Thomas, 1. I recommend buying some books and reading some web pages by gurus (not by some of the vendors!). OReilly's have some good books. try Building Inernet Firewalls by Chapman and Zwicky, or a book by Bellovin and Cheswick (I don't recall the published just now). 2. Yes, don't go for any OS with a history of continuing weaknesses. And perferrably add in some defence in depth, by using choking routers externally and internally. Good luck (but really there is no luck - just use a good scientific approach). Cheers, Gary [ end cut ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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