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From: dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie (David Malone)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Free firewall?
Date: 13 Feb 1997 17:14:27 -0000
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Mike Yorke <myorke@usa.net> writes:

>Is there any "free" firewall software out there that would run under
>FreeBSD or Linux?  And if so, does the "you get what you pay for" factor
>weigh heavily with this free firewall?  Also, can you point me towards
>any good references on UNIX-based firewalls?  I'd like to learn more
>about this subject.

FreeBSD comes with some firewalling built in. If you check out the
handbook, there is a bit about firewalling which may help you work
out if this is what you need.
( Under http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook.html ).

	David.