iptables

[Taulant Galimuna]

Thanks,
but there's another problem :)
every command that I'm trying to use it says:
ipfw: getsockopt(IP_FW_GET): Protocol not available
I don't know if there's anything that I should install first and than use
IPFW

regards,
Taulant



----- Original Message -----
From: "Nico Meijer" <nico.meijer at zonnet.nl>
To: <freebsd-newbies at freebsd.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 9:04 PM
Subject: Re: iptables


> Hi Taulant,
>
> > I just wanted to know if ther's any "firewall" like iptables and
> > ipchains(linux) on FreeBSD ??
>
> I've just spent an afternoon fscking with ipfw and natd, so: yes, there
> is. :-)
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls.html
> Also look up the man pages of ipfw, natd and firewall.
>
> As an aside, there's ipfilter. You have to rebuild the kernel for either
> of them to work, I believe.
>
> Don't ask me which one is better. I'll just quote Ozzy...
>
> For your interest, I've found the documentation on "ipfw + natd + a
> default rule of deny" lacking/non-existant, or I haven't been looking in
> all the right places (I've got money set on the latter ;-). I've got it
> running now and will probably double check with freebsd-questions@ once
> I find the time.
>
> HTH and good luck... Nico
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