Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 04:46:35 -0500 From: "Travis H." <solinym@gmail.com> To: beno <zope@2012.vi> Cc: freebsd-pf@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What Do These Devices Do? Message-ID: <d4f1333a0608120246i18f4c5a7jc669845b3214d4d5@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <44DCE0B4.9000003@2012.vi> References: <44DCD5E4.9020405@2012.vi> <Pine.NEB.4.64.0608111434440.923@glacier.reedmedia.net> <44DCE0B4.9000003@2012.vi>
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On 8/11/06, beno <zope@2012.vi> wrote: > * Through what device do such services as email, tcp, http, udp and icpm > access my box Through whatever one the last hop gave them as the destination for your machine. That's called routing. > through which do they leave and which (if any) are used > for internal communication? Internal to the box, they go out over lo0. It is safe to leave that interface unfiltered. > * Also would help, what is fxp0 *traditionally* used for? It's an ethernet card, so people use it to network computers together. Save yourself getting hacked; read the O'Reilly's book on Internet Firewalls. Or contract me to write your rules :-) -- "If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate." Unix "guru" for rent or hire -><- http://www.lightconsulting.com/~travis/ GPG fingerprint: 9D3F 395A DAC5 5CCC 9066 151D 0A6B 4098 0C55 1484
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