From owner-freebsd-current Fri Oct 30 08:51:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA29459 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 08:51:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from austin.polstra.com (austin.polstra.com [206.213.73.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA29454 for ; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 08:51:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@austin.polstra.com) Received: from austin.polstra.com (jdp@localhost) by austin.polstra.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id IAA11828; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 08:50:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp) Message-Id: <199810301650.IAA11828@austin.polstra.com> To: nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk Subject: Re: Plugging a FreeBSD server to the net: need advice In-Reply-To: <19981029224704.64945@nothing-going-on.org> References: <003401be036e$086894b0$0d787880@apex> <19981029224704.64945@nothing-going-on.org> Organization: Polstra & Co., Seattle, WA Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 08:50:56 -0800 From: John Polstra Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Minor correction: > Be paranoid. Firewall. Only allow access to ports you know about. Drop > packets from 'unroutable' nets immediately (10/8, 172.16/16, 192.168/16). ^^ || 12 John -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." -- H. L. Mencken To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message