From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jun 11 11:18:06 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA16862 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 11 Jun 1996 11:18:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from linux4nn.gn.iaf.nl (root@linux4nn.gn.iaf.nl [193.67.144.34]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA16847 for ; Tue, 11 Jun 1996 11:17:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from uni4nn.iaf.nl (root@uni4nn.iaf.nl [193.67.144.33]) by linux4nn.gn.iaf.nl (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id UAA03593; Tue, 11 Jun 1996 20:18:21 +0200 Received: by uni4nn.iaf.nl with UUCP id AA03011 (5.67b/IDA-1.5); Tue, 11 Jun 1996 20:18:02 +0200 Received: by iafnl.es.iaf.nl with UUCP id AA11581 (5.67b/IDA-1.5); Tue, 11 Jun 1996 19:45:33 +0200 Received: (from wilko@localhost) by yedi.iaf.nl (8.6.12/8.6.6) id XAA02547; Mon, 10 Jun 1996 23:03:59 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte Message-Id: <199606102103.XAA02547@yedi.iaf.nl> X-Organisation: Private FreeBSD site - Arnhem - The Netherlands Subject: Re: firewall (ipfw) To: didier@omnix.fr.org Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 23:03:58 +0200 (MET DST) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from "didier@omnix.fr.org" at Jun 10, 96 02:27:35 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk As didier@omnix.fr.org wrote... > > The company I'm working for plan to install a permanent acces to internet > through an analogic leased line and two 32kb modems. > > to protect our application in plan to install the firewall builtin FreeBSD > > I've never used ipfw and I dont have any experience with firewalls. I think you then better get yourself a copy of O'Reilly's 'Building Internet Firewalls' before you attempt to grow one yourself. I found this book most instructive Wilko _ __________________________________________________________________________ | / o / / _ Wilko Bulte email: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl |/|/ / / /( (_) Private FreeBSD site - Arnhem - The Netherlands --------------------------------------------------------------------------------