Home Network, step by step?

[Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.]

David Adam wrote:

>On Tue, 14 Dec 2004, R. Scott Kennan wrote:
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>>One other thing I don't understand is why I'm being told to install
>>the firewall in this context; are firewalls more than just an
>>intrusion countermeasure? Do they do any 'lifting' on a network beyond
>>blocking unauthorised transfers?
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>They do now.
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There is also a practical reason for this.  ipfw(8) is actually
the control program for the firewall and the traffic shaper,
hence you must use that interface to add the rule for natd(8)
to your configuration.

Kevin Kinsey