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From: martin@datamodl.demon.co.uk (Martin Hargreaves)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: Config BSD to only route
Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 19:48:42 GMT
Organization: Datamodel Ltd
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Chris Hilder <Chris.Hilder@britcoun.org> wrote:

>Hi,  

>I have an old FreeBSD 2.1 machine which I would be interested in 
>recycling into a router.  I wouldn't need it to do anything other 
>that packet filtering.  Can someone tell me if this is possible, and if 
>so where I might get further advice.

Look up screend, I think it's on ftp.vixie.com but I may be wrong.
kernel patches and enable gwscreen in your kernel config file. I've
found it works very well and the syntax is _far_ friendly than your
average filter router's.

M.



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