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Date:      Tue, 13 Apr 1999 22:14:27 +1200
From:      "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz>
To:        Thomas Uhrfelt <thomas.uhrfelt@plymovent.se>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Firewall solutions
Message-ID:  <19990413101613.XTRH5752963.mta2-rme@wocker>
In-Reply-To: <01BE85A5.0D230710.thomas.uhrfelt@plymovent.se>

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On 13 Apr 99, at 11:59, Thomas Uhrfelt wrote:

> I am looking into building a small corporate firewall ( very basic ) with
> FreeBSD 3.1. I have purchased 'Building Internet FireWalls' ( Chapman &
> Zwicky ). What I now need is sort of additional FreeBSD specific
> information, preferably step-by-step guides and general information on
> what tools are recommended with FreeBSD ( ipfilter, ipfw, TIS ? ).

I started with ipfw.  It's good, but I found it wasn't quite what I 
wanted.  So I swapped to ipfilter.  Which does just about everything I 
want.  It's bundled into 3.1 now.  The instructions I have on my website 
for ipfilter are pre-3.* FreeBSD but are still valid (I think).

> PS: I should probably post this in the security list, but this is such a
> basic question that I felt it was a bit 'below' their standards. DS.

Nope, they'd be into it.

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Dan Langille
The FreeBSD Diary
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