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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!comp.vuw.ac.nz!news.eds.co.nz!usenet From: Marc Priebee <Marc.Priebee@nz.eds.com> Subject: Re: Free firewall? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: usenet@nz.eds.com (Usenet News Admin) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: EDS (New Zealand) Limited Message-ID: <3303BE79.353C51DE@nz.eds.com> References: <330333EF.48C8@usa.net> X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE i386) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: gypsy.comms.nz.eds.com Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 01:23:05 GMT Lines: 29 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:157850 comp.os.linux.networking:68183 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35366 There is a Firewalling application in the FreeBSD distribution. I've not ever tried it, but it's there, and free. I've seen occasional good reports about it in this newgroup. Marc Mike Yorke wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm looking into setting up a firewall for our network since we'll be > getting a dedicated connection to the Internet. Since my company is a > non-profit organization, we don't want to sink $10-$20K into something. > 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. > > Thanks in advance! > > Mike -- Marc Priebee Ph. 64 4 474-5857 Systems Engineer (Communications) Fax. 64 4 495-0473 EDS (New Zealand) Limited Email. Marc.Priebee@nz.eds.com