From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 28 15:37:38 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7057E16A420 for ; Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:37:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from zbigniew@szalbot.homedns.org) Received: from szalbot.homedns.org (lists.lc-words.com [83.19.156.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F57513C457 for ; Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:37:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from zbigniew@szalbot.homedns.org) Received: from www (helo=www) by szalbot.homedns.org with local for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:37:28 +0200 To: Freebsd questions X-PHP-Script: https://poczta.szalbot.homedns.org/index.php for 192.168.11.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:37:28 +0200 From: Zbigniew Szalbot Message-ID: <2d534d27935e1fe3bf9cc35ec969e205@szalbot.homedns.org> X-Sender: zbigniew@szalbot.homedns.org User-Agent: RoundCube Webmail/0.1b Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: home lan with freebsd as gateway / security issues X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:37:38 -0000 Dear all, Please bear with me one more time. In two months I will need to set up a home network and I was planning to use a spare freebsd box as a gateway, proxy (squid) and content filtering (dansguardian). I am basically ready but the more I think about it, the more worried I am. That is - for content filtering to work without bypassing it, I will need to put the machine in front of my wireless router, won't I? I am going to do some reading on tightening FreeBSD security and closing ports/services I do not need. My question is more general, though, I would simply like to know if there's any simple way to put the box behind a router and sitll be able to do transparent proxying of requests originating from my LAN? What I really need is content filtering so that my kids won't accidentaly go to bad sites. I am not really an administrator so my knowledge is limited but I love this (FreeBSD) system and want to continue using it and learning the ropes. What would you advise a person like me? Many, many thanks! Zbigniew Szalbot