From owner-freebsd-small Wed Jun 10 23:35:21 1998 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG> Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA04047 for freebsd-small-outgoing; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 23:35:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from belzebub.net-gw.com (bulzebub.net-gw.com [202.185.254.12] (may be forged)) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id XAA04011 for <freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG>; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 23:35:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dinesh@alphaque.com) Received: from broker.alphaque.com (j13.brf51.jaring.my [161.142.235.251]) by belzebub.net-gw.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id OAA23317; Thu, 11 Jun 1998 14:34:56 +0800 Received: (from dinesh@localhost) by broker.alphaque.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA00488; Thu, 11 Jun 1998 14:03:29 +0800 (MYT) (envelope-from dinesh) Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 14:03:29 +0800 (MYT) From: Dinesh Nair <dinesh@alphaque.com> X-Sender: dinesh@broker To: Timothy J Luoma <luomat+FreeBSD@luomat.peak.org> cc: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Wow, cool! It worked! In-Reply-To: <199806110523.BAA03951@luomat.peak.org> Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.980611135958.223K-100000@broker> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 11 Jun 1998, Timothy J Luoma wrote: > I got one error message: > > "uncompressing kernel -- warning malloc wrapped" that's ok, it's ignorable without any ramifications. > Do I have to compile my own picoBSD to get this machine setup as a router > firewall? I don't need/want it to do anything other than pass and deny > packets. the vanilla net flavour is what you need. it does have natd and ip firewall inside. take a look at the handbook at www.freebsd.org/handbook/ to see how to configure ipfw. you should also take a look at /etc/rc.firewall on the PicoBSD floppy. there are already stock configurations for these and you can choose the correct one by setting the firewall_type variable in /etc/rc.conf. you'll most likely be using the simple firewall type with some minor modifications of rules to cater to your network. in fact, i am using such a configuration for a dual hosted 386 with picoBSD at the moment. Regards, /\_/\ "All dogs go to heaven." dinesh@alphaque.com (0 0) +=======================----oOO--(_)--OOo----=========================+ |for a in past present future; do | | for b in clients employers associates relatives neighbours pets; do | | echo "The opinions here in no way reflect the opinions of my $a $b."| |done; done | +=====================================================================+ http://pgp.ai.mit.edu/htbin/pks-extract-key.pl?op=get&search=0x230096E9 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message