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Date:      Mon, 31 Jul 2000 00:50:27 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Siobhan Patricia Lynch <trish@bsdunix.net>
To:        Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au>
Cc:        schluntz@workofstone.com, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Problems with natd and simple firewall
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSO.4.21.0007310048020.21752-100000@superconductor.rush.net>
In-Reply-To: <200007310043.KAA26938@cairo.anu.edu.au>

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On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, Darren Reed wrote:

> If you want to "add security" then you put in place something like a box
> with FWTK or Gauntlet.  Layering packet filters does not add a second
> layer of protection, IMHO, just lets you stop FW-1 from crashing >;-)
> But you'd only use ipfw if you didn't know how to run up ipfilter in any
> case :-)
>

	well it depends, does ipfilter work with bridging on freebsd?

then of course if I was going to use ipfilter and bridging I guess I'd be 
stuck with OpenBSD

(or netbsd?)

-trish

 
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Trish Lynch
FreeBSD - The Power to Serve 		trish@bsdunix.net
Rush Networking				trish@rush.net





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