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Date:      Mon, 21 Oct 2002 11:43:50 -0600
From:      James <mailinglists@telus.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Does a web server need ipfw?
Message-ID:  <20021021174350.GC213@work.ab.hsia.telus.net>

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Hello,

I'm just wondering if most web servers don't run a firewall?  We've 
setup a FreeBSD web server without ipfw running, and I don't really see 
any reason to run ipfw since the only services I have running are httpd 
and sshd.  We have also attempted to secure the machine in the other 
typical ways.

Are there vulnerabilities that this web server is open to by not 
running a firewall?

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