Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:34:41 -0500 From: Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: easy Firewall setup Message-ID: <BANLkTinJT60CsmGZbcWMpK9T6HVZiYz6CA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <E47DF11F58AD07F5980F970D@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> References: <BANLkTi=Ve56c_QhFnA5c0xoRPf82eZZ=1w@mail.gmail.com> <E47DF11F58AD07F5980F970D@mac-pro.magehandbook.com>
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On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 9:06 PM, Daniel Staal <DStaal@usa.net> wrote: > --As of April 25, 2011 7:43:33 PM -0500, Antonio Olivares is alleged to h= ave > said: > >> I don't know which one to use, is there a page, howto (build a >> firewall or convert an existing one) to use here? =A0All I want is to be >> allowed to visit websites but don't allow anyone out there to come in >> somehow a template that I can use and try out to see if I can get it >> working. =A0Of course the network name might be different, but I can try >> to figure things out. > > If all you want is a firewall, I'd go with this: > <http://www.pfsense.org/>; > > Based on FreeBSD, but they've set it up nice and put an easy-to-use > interface on top of it. > > Of course if you wanted you could always just install the base system, tu= rn > on routing, and configure pf/iptables. =A0There's not really a whole lot = to > either one, really... =A0But if you don't feel like learning their syntax > right now, or doing everything via a text editor, I'd really go with > pfsense. =A0(Even if you *do* know their syntax, in most cases I'd go wit= h > pfsense...) > >> After figuring this out, my next big job/task is to use FreeBSD to >> make up a new router/dhcp server to give/assign ip numbers to machines >> from one and give to many. =A0This has been something hard that I have >> failed at several times. =A0Maybe with FreeBSD I can be successfull? > > pfsense has a DHCP server, no problem there. > > Daniel T. Staal > > --------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for sharing this. I have a base FreeBSD 8.2 system on one machine and I would like to setup a firewall that allows me to visit websites and not allow incoming traffic. Something easy to set up and start like /etc/local/rc.d/rc.pf start or similar. A nice example which I can change somethings like name of network device, i.e, nv0, or similar device. I will try further reading and try to set something up as I am afraid to screw things up. Regards, Antonio
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