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From: Duane Ellison <duane@qnet.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Free firewall?
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 19:48:53 -0800
Organization: Quantum Networking Solutions; USA; info@qnet.com
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Hello,

I do not have a lot of information on Firewalls and it looks like
everyone else is putting in their .02 worth.  But it looks like no one
has answered your reference question.  Anyway O'Reilly & Associates have
a book called "Building Internet Firewalls".  They have really good UNIX
books and I have quite a large collection of them myself.

The ora web site can be found at

	http://www.ora.com/catalog/fire/

A good place to purchase the book, if you decide to buy is:

	http://www.bookpool.com/

Since you are looking into Firewalls I would image that Computer
Security is also an issue.  If this is the case then I would also
recommend "Practical UNIX & Internet Security".

	http://www.ora.com/catalog/puis/noframes.html

Good luck!

Duane...
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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