firewall question...

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

Xpression wrote:

>Hi list, I've two servers running some services, now I want
>to firewall both them, do I need to build it on router or in
>the FreeBSD box...thanks.
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What's your network look like?

If each box has a publicly routable IP address,
I'd definitely put the firewall on each of them.

If they're on a private network behind a router,
then a firewall on the router would be a basic
level of security, and running a firewall on the
servers themselves would be "icing on the cake."

Kevin Kinsey
DaleCo, S.P.