From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 2 21:06:53 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBE1E16A41F for ; Tue, 2 Aug 2005 21:06:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stephanweaver@hotmail.com) Received: from hotmail.com (bay20-f12.bay20.hotmail.com [64.4.54.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C1F443D4C for ; Tue, 2 Aug 2005 21:06:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stephanweaver@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 2 Aug 2005 14:06:53 -0700 Message-ID: Received: from 201.238.77.219 by by20fd.bay20.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Tue, 02 Aug 2005 21:06:52 GMT X-Originating-IP: [201.238.77.219] X-Originating-Email: [stephanweaver@hotmail.com] X-Sender: stephanweaver@hotmail.com In-Reply-To: <42EFBABF.90108@mac.com> From: "Stephan Weaver" To: cswiger@mac.com Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 17:06:52 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Aug 2005 21:06:53.0133 (UTC) FILETIME=[1B7ADFD0:01C597A6] Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Networking with FreeBSD 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, 02 Aug 2005 21:06:53 -0000 >From: Chuck Swiger >To: Stephan Weaver >CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: Networking with FreeBSD >Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 14:26:07 -0400 > >Stephan Weaver wrote: >[ ... ] >>Thank You So Very Much for your quick response. > >You're welcome. > >>I am familar with firewalling, but i never done something like this. >>Mabee you can give me an actual Example from my reference. >>Using my networks ect. > >Sure, if I had lots of free time and nothing else to do, I could probably >write up a security policy, firewall rules, along with pretty network >topology diagrams and so forth. But I was up 'til 2AM doing pretty much >just that for a client yesterday (*), and I'd rather not spend that much >effort again today without a good cause, or at least more beer. :-) > >There is an expectation on the freebsd lists that you spend your own time >to learn about the tasks you want to accomplish before asking other people >to repeat what the documentation says for your own specific use case. >("Read the docs. Try stuff out. Ask questions which show what you've done >and what the specific error message or problem you have is.") > >>What i want to do is seperate the network's on the same wire. > >Hmm. Why do you want to put separate subnets on the same wire? > >(What does that mean to you, anyway? Using the same external ISP >connection? All boxes all on the same ethernet hub? Something else? >Consider IPsec. :-) > >-- >-Chuck > >(*): Client is in Denmark. They wanted stuff "urgently" by this morning >their time, after getting me something to respond to yesterday at 4PM my >time. Bleh, this "global outsourcing" thing really is overrated.... > What i want to do in a nutshell, Connect all stores together via fibre, and protect my HeadOffice Lan, which will now be connected to all the stores. And Have some sort of security. _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/