From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Nov 13 23:57:49 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from unix.za.net (unix.os.org.za [196.7.89.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA1D537B479 for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2000 23:57:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from daniel (helo=localhost) by unix.za.net with local-esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 13vaxs-000MlK-00; Tue, 14 Nov 2000 09:57:12 +0200 Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 09:57:12 +0200 (SAST) From: Daniel Schroder To: John Travis Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Firewall for the lazy??? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG see /etc/rc.firewall. The gist of the previous posting that there is no easy firewall , and don't ever be lulled into a sense of security because you running a firewall :) --Daniel Schroder (Private email daniel@unix.os.org.za) Unix users .. South Africa To : freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG From : John Travis date : Nov 13 Address : jorman@austin.rr.com Quality is a standard .. not a selling point On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, John Travis wrote: > On Mon, 13 Nov 2000 07:45:43 -0500, you wrote: > > >To the best of my knowledge, there are no "firewall for the lazy" > >tools out there. Sorry. > > > >==ml > > :-(. Thanks for the reply though. Not really the answer I was hoping for but you definitely win the quickest response time award. Score one for the Free community 8^). You honestly spat that back at me in minutes. I have actually been reading through some of your articles since then. I need to play with/learn the big differences between Free and Linux first (things like the packaging system and the handling of modules etc.). I was just hoping I could lock down my ports easily while I read and read and read. All well, now I definitely have a place to start. I'm about to check out any related links from freebsd.org, but perhaps you could guide me to some good info/faqs/tutorials on setting up ipfw in Free? Nothing too complicated needed. Just a single user workstation on a cable modem (DHCP). > > thanks again, > > jt > Debian Gnu/Linux > FreeBSD > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message