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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!netcom.net.uk!netcom.com!stanb From: stanb@netcom.com (Stan Brown) Subject: FreeBSD as firewall ? Message-ID: <stanbE0o0L6.56C@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #3 (NOV) Date: Sun, 10 Nov 1996 17:29:29 GMT Lines: 18 Sender: stanb@netcom9.netcom.com Could people give me their opinion of FreeBSD as a firewall. I need to set up a firewall between the general company wide wan (which is assumed to not secure) and a control system Ethernet Lan (which has always before relied on physical security). I am debating between a FreebSD based firewall and a Debian or RedHat Linux based one. I would appreciate hearing peoples opinions, and experiences on this. Thanks. -- Stan Brown stanb@netcom.com 404-996-6955 Factory Automation Systems Atlanta Ga. -- Look, look, see Windows 95. Buy, lemmings, buy! Pay no attention to that cliff ahead... Henry Spencer (c) 1996 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited.