Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 15:58:49 -0600 From: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> To: Andy Firman <andy@firman.us> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2 quick firewall questions for FreBSD Message-ID: <41FC0719.1070702@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <20050129215051.GA28318@akroteq.com> References: <20050129215051.GA28318@akroteq.com>
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Andy Firman wrote: > First, if one were to deploy FreeBSD 5.3 as a standard > web and email server, would it need a firewall? > I don't see the point because only ports like 25 for > smtp, 110 for pop, 80 for http, etc... will be listening > and open for connections with or without a firewall. > > Second, I would like to replace my Linux gateway running > Shorewall. Shorewall is a nice package for managing the > netfilter firewall capabilities of the Linux kernel. > Is there something similar for FreeBSD? Let's look at #2 - Is this server running a WM? If so, why? -- Best regards, Chris If the faulty part is in stock, it didn't need replacing in the first place.
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