Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 21:49:45 +0100 From: "Alex D'Elia" <alex@fan.priv.at> To: SigmaX <scottclansman@cwazy.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Firewalls and Webmin Message-ID: <20050216204945.GP12077@fan.priv.at> In-Reply-To: <4214CA3A.5040200@cwazy.co.uk> References: <4214CA3A.5040200@cwazy.co.uk>
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Hi SigmaX, * SigmaX <scottclansman@cwazy.co.uk> [050217 17:45]: > Heya; > I have FreeBSD 5.3 and need to set up the firewall. I've never done > anything with Firewall on a *NIX system without the help of Webmin, and > I'm new to BSD in general. Webmin gives me an error when trying to use > the BSD Firewall module. > > I tried doing "ipfw sh" to see what was up, and I get "ipfw: > getsockopt(IP_FW_GET): Protocol not available" > > I found a post from a while back that said I need to recompile my > kernel. I can't imagine that that's the case for a firewall in > general. I need a firewall... if I can't use Webmin (read: ipfw) I'm > gonna need a REALLY good howto :-P. Any help? > first of all I say ( as someone else will do ) that you should post technical questions to freebsd-questions because this is a list of discussion about FreeBSD and not about technical problems. But I can tell you that if you follow the instructions of the handbook, you will for sure have enough informations to get you going. The handbook its a really good documentation, not only for FreeBSD but for a lot more ;^) And Yes, you need to recompile the kernel if you want to use your system for a firewalling purpose. But that's not an hack ..... its preety easy. I personally find it easyer than in linux ( with all respects ), I already used ipfw in FreeBSD-4.X and ipf and pf with OpenBSD. Now that the new STABLE BRANCH 5.3 its including the pf firewall from OpenBSD, I use that, 'cause I find it really powerfull and yet nice to configure. just take a look at the handbook, and you'll find a lot of answers to your questions. You find the documentation also on your system: /usr/share/doc/en/books for english language documentation :) Have fun with FreeBSD. Its Free, Powerfull and has a DAEMON in it. alex -- ** acme aka Alex D'Elia ** http://root.acme.com ** priv:: alex@fan.priv.at
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