Return to BSD News archive
Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!news.stealth.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.mathworks.com!fu-berlin.de!cs.tu-berlin.de!uni-duisburg.de!etecs4!gockel
From: gockel@etecs4.uni-duisburg.de (Frank Gockel)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Free firewall?
Followup-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Date: 13 Feb 1997 16:40:26 GMT
Organization: Gerhard-Mercator-Universitaet -GH- Duisburg
Lines: 17
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <5dvg5q$nt4@h20-hrze.uni-duisburg.de>
References: <330333EF.48C8@usa.net>
NNTP-Posting-Host: etecs4.uni-duisburg.de
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2]
Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:157940 comp.os.linux.networking:68230 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35374
Mike Yorke (myorke@usa.net) wrote:
: 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!
Try the TIS firewalling toolkit. That's what we are using. As far as I know,
there's free and a commercial version available. Look at http://www.tis.com.
Regards,
Frank