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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!news.idt.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!newsfeeds.sol.net!hammer.uoregon.edu!zephyr.texoma.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!192.89.123.24!nntp.inet.fi!news.funet.fi!news.helsinki.fi!mjr From: mjr@laulujoutsen.pc.helsinki.fi (Mikko Rauhala) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Free firewall? Date: 14 Feb 1997 20:14:55 GMT Organization: Helsingin Yliopisto Lines: 16 Message-ID: <slrn5g9hng.424.mjr@laulujoutsen.pc.helsinki.fi> References: <330333EF.48C8@usa.net> Reply-To: mjr@iki.fi NNTP-Posting-Host: laulujoutsen.pc.helsinki.fi Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: slrn (0.8.8.4 (BETA) UNIX) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:158045 comp.os.linux.networking:68280 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35396 On Thu, 13 Feb 1997 08:31:59 -0700, Mike Yorke <myorke@usa.net> wrote: >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 Yes, there is. No, not that I know of. Eg. the last bad firewall bug was in most implementations (also on Linux). I'd recommend reading the Linux Firewall-HOWTO, at least. Oh, yes, I know one firm that uses Linux as a firewall (and I only know the firewall system of one firm ;). -- Mikko Rauhala, sivari - mjr@iki.fi - http://www.iki.fi/mjr/