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Subject: Re: Which free 386 Unix flavor is best for a firewall ?
From: Jeff Libman <jeffrl @ nuchat . sccsi . com>
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 1995 20:56:13 -0500 (CST)
To: Paul Traina <pst @ cisco . com>
Cc: firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <199502070047 . QAA00427 @ feta . cisco . com>

is this like the gwscreen kernel option in BSDI's implementation?

On Mon, 6 Feb 1995, Paul Traina wrote:

> While I most definitely agree with the idea of "buying" your UNIX from BSDI,
> if, for some reason, that's not an interesting option, I would like to point
> out that FreeBSD 2.0 and newer has packet-filtering firewall support code
> built right into the system (configurable as a kernel option).
> 
> I personally believe in a mixture of packet filtering and application relays,
> and I find this combination quite useful if one doesn't have another device
> (ahem) that can act as a packet filter.





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