*BSD News Article 89465


Return to BSD News archive

Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!newsfeeds.sol.net!newspump.sol.net!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!gatekeeper.wj.com!bali.seg.wj.com!not-for-mail
From: alan@bali.seg.wj.com (Alan Strassberg)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Free firewall?
Date: 17 Feb 1997 09:47:38 -0800
Organization: Watkins-Johnson
Lines: 18
Message-ID: <5ea5jq$4lh@bali.seg.wj.com>
References: <330333EF.48C8@usa.net> <5e1vt6$m39@dino.active.ch>
Reply-To: alan@wj.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: bali.seg.wj.com
Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:158977 comp.os.linux.networking:68716 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35635

In article <5e1vt6$m39@dino.active.ch>,  <mwiget@linux.mw.active.ch> 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

	A great site for firewall info is:

	http://www.zeuros.co.uk/firewall/

	The Firewall Toolkit (Linux/FreeBSD) does a nice job for free.

					alan
-- 
alan@wj.com