From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Sep 16 9:12:30 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from galaxy.anchoragerescue.org (cable-95-7-237-24.anchorageak.net [24.237.7.95]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9ADB237B405 for ; Sun, 16 Sep 2001 09:12:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by galaxy.anchoragerescue.org (Postfix, from userid 0) id 2BDEC8C12; Sun, 16 Sep 2001 08:12:27 -0800 (AKDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Beech Rintoul To: ann kok , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: firewall Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 08:12:26 -0800 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3] References: <20010916133953.47487.qmail@web20106.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20010916133953.47487.qmail@web20106.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: <20010916161227.2BDEC8C12@galaxy.anchoragerescue.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sunday 16 September 2001 05:39 am, ann kok wrote: > Hi all > > Can a freebsd box be function as firewall 'ipfilter' > and as routing from cable modem together? > > If it can, is there any security issues? > > Thank you > Yes, you can set up the box to do both. As for security issues I would strongly suggest reading "Building Internet Firewalls" as there are many ways to configure your network depending on your situation, and no universal answer. You have to decide how much security you need. Beech -- Micro$oft: "Where can we make you go today?" ------------------------------------------------------------------- Beech Rintoul - IT Manager - Instructor - akbeech@anchoragerescue.org /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Anchorage Gospel Rescue Mission \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | P.O. Box 230510 X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99523-0510 / \ ----------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message