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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in1.uu.net!205.252.116.190!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!EU.net!Ireland.EU.net!maths.tcd.ie!not-for-mail 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 Organization: Dept. of Maths, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Lines: 14 Sender: mathnews@synge.maths.tcd.ie Message-ID: <5dvi5j$6io@synge.maths.tcd.ie> References: <330333EF.48C8@usa.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: synge.maths.tcd.ie Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:157814 comp.os.linux.networking:68150 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35354 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.