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From: bluewiz@cts.com (Bob and/or Perry Mack)
Subject: FreeBSD -- possible Internet gateway platform ?
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Date: Thu, 29 Dec 1994 02:41:00 GMT
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Hi:
	My company is planning for a 56K Internet connection, I thought that a 
FreeBSD machine would make a good firewall/gateway/server machine.  I've done 
some browsing & some lurking, but I still have some questions:

1) Is there a Web-server for FreeBSD ?

2) Will FreeBSD route between two Ethernet cards (and can it filter while 
routing) ?

3) What are minimum/reasonable hardware requirements for FreeBSD ? ( I browsed 
the FAQ quickly -- coudn't find this )


Pointers to FAQ sections & detailed answers appreciated.


Thanks in advance,

Robert E. Mack, Jr.