From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 2 22:17:56 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from albatross.prod.itd.earthlink.net (albatross.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BF4637B403 for ; Mon, 2 Jul 2001 22:17:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cjc@earthlink.net) Received: from blossom.cjclark.org (dialup-209.245.135.36.Dial1.SanJose1.Level3.net [209.245.135.36]) by albatross.prod.itd.earthlink.net (EL-8_9_3_3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA24438; Mon, 2 Jul 2001 22:17:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from cjc@localhost) by blossom.cjclark.org (8.11.4/8.11.3) id f635Hg801311; Mon, 2 Jul 2001 22:17:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cjc) Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 22:17:37 -0700 From: "Crist J. Clark" To: Kelvin Ng Chee Hoong Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: Firewall Message-ID: <20010702221737.E312@blossom.cjclark.org> Reply-To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu References: <3B4142C5.1EC1CCE2@pacific.net.sg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3B4142C5.1EC1CCE2@pacific.net.sg>; from nchee_hoong@pacific.net.sg on Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 11:57:57AM +0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 11:57:57AM +0800, Kelvin Ng Chee Hoong wrote: > Hi ; > (Q1) I would like to use FBSD to act as firewall . It is adviseable > ? Yes. FreeBSD using either ipfw(8) or ipf(8) makes a very economical, powerful, and (potentially) secure firewall device. > (Q2) I want configure multi-homing , can I insert three ethernet > card in FBSD machine ? Not a problem. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message