Re: My first install - good performance, firewall questions

From: Matt Pearce (mattpearce_at_BUGGEROFFWITHTHESPAMswiftdsl.com.au)
Date: 01/19/04


Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 15:12:14 +1100


> There are two firewall, ipf and ipfw, embedded in the FreeBSD. Check out
ipf
> website at http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html and ipfw for
man
> page. Find the right one you like most and use it.

I found that if you use IPF you wont need to use a firewall builder as the
the syntax is very easy to understand, thats why I chose it cause I couldnt
make heads or tails of the IPFW firewall.

Matt.



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