Date: Wed, 01 May 1996 10:16:55 +0930 From: Garth Kidd <garth@dogbert.systems.sa.gov.au> To: Paul Danckaert <pauld@umbc.edu>, Mark Newton <newton@communica.com.au> Cc: Kristyn Fayette <kristyn@gnu.ai.mit.edu>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD & firewalls Message-ID: <960501101804.ZM2871@jolt.systems.sa.gov.au> In-Reply-To: Paul Danckaert <pauld@umbc.edu> <"Re: FreeBSD & firewalls"@state.systems.sa.gov.au> (Apr 30, 10:02) References: <Pine.SGI.3.91.960430095746.26867A-100000@umbc7.umbc.edu>
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On Apr 30, 10:02, Paul Danckaert wrote:
> Also, I'm just curious and haven't looked too much into it, but has
> anybody used BSD to firewall people within a site? For example, we are
> looking at putting dorms on ethernet, but we are going to block various
> protocols, ports, etc..
Great idea. Those dorms are a real security threat, and I completely
understand wanting to firewall yourself off from them :).
[I'm at least a measure serious, actually; what are you trying to protect?]
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