Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 15:03:08 -0700 From: Pat Maddox <pergesu@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2 quick firewall questions for FreBSD Message-ID: <810a540e05012914031e5239fa@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050129215051.GA28318@akroteq.com> References: <20050129215051.GA28318@akroteq.com>
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Having a firewall prevents rogue programs from opening up other ports on your machine. You have to worry about services you don't install and configure just as much (maybe even more so) as the services you do install. On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 12:50:51 -0900, Andy Firman <andy@firman.us> 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? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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