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From: mfuhr@dimensional.com (Michael Fuhr)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Firewall setup FAQ?
Date: 13 Mar 1997 12:59:26 -0700
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  [cc to author]
"Eugene Radchenko" <genie@qsar.chem.msu.su> writes:

>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).

One place to start is the Internet Firewalls FAQ:

    http://www.v-one.com/newpages/faq.htm

It contains additional links you may find useful.
-- 
Michael Fuhr
http://www.dimensional.com/~mfuhr/