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From: "Eugene Radchenko" <genie@qsar.chem.msu.su>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Firewall setup FAQ?
Date: 13 Mar 1997 12:04:32 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Chemistry, Moscow State University
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Hi!
Is there any FAQ/How-to/intro file about the principles of configuring a
firewall in a low-paranoid reasonable-security Internet site? (I mean what
to filter and what to not and what implications each protocol has, not just
how to write ipfw commands).

Advance thanks for any input.

Genie
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