Newbie firewall question

[Peder Blom]

On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 07:15:46 +0100
Nicolas <nicolas.gafgo at spray.se> wrote:

> Hello.
> I have just installed 5.2 on my machine and everything works. Now I am
> 
> trying to configure it and I want to put up a firewall but a
> everything I read seem to refer to a dial up connection, I have a LAN
> connection.So my question(s) is: is there a difference between a
> firewall for a dial up connection and a  Lan connection.? And if so
> what is the difference, where can I read about it and is there any
> good sites to look at? I have The Complete FreeBSD, the handbook,
> Absolute FreeBSD...... I would be very grateful for some help or
> directions where to look. Many Thanks!!
> _______________________________________________

If what you want is to set up a simple firewall for a standalone
computer connected via LAN to an ISP there are a number of informative
articles by Dru Lavigne on

http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/15