default firewall in FeeBSD

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m4rtin

I just installed FreeBSD 8.0 + xorg + gnome + firefox. As much as I know, there is no firewall with Gnome(probably just frontends for iptables, pf etc). However, am I correct, that there are IPFW, PF and IPF installed with the base FreeBSD system by default? Which one of those is activated by default?
 
m4rtin said:
I just installed FreeBSD 8.0 + xorg + gnome + firefox. As much as I know, there is no firewall with Gnome(probably just frontends for iptables, pf etc).
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Gnome is a desktop environment and has nothing to do with networking.

However, am I correct, that there are IPFW, PF and IPF installed with the base FreeBSD system by default?
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Yes, all three are part of the base FreeBSD OS.

Which one of those is activated by default?
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None of them are activated by default.
 
m4rtin said:
I just installed FreeBSD 8.0 + xorg + gnome + firefox. As much as I know, there is no firewall with Gnome(probably just frontends for iptables, pf etc). However, am I correct, that there are IPFW, PF and IPF installed with the base FreeBSD system by default? Which one of those is activated by default?
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For me was PF the easy way to setup.
You will find "howto" and examples too.
 
ok, I see. The reason why did I think that one of the firewalls is enabled by default was that I had some download issues with "pkg_add -rv packagename". It uses FTP and it seemed to me that FTP sessions did never start. However, it turned out, that this was the problem -> link. However, am I correct, that before enabling for example pf, I'm all open to the outside world?
 
m4rtin said:
ok, I see. The reason why did I think that one of the firewalls is enabled by default was that I had some download issues with "pkg_add -rv packagename". It uses FTP and it seemed to me that FTP sessions did never start. However, it turned out, that this was the problem -> link. However, am I correct, that before enabling for example pf, I'm all open to the outside world?
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Not unless you have apps, that listen to some ports
 
m4rtin said:
ok, I see. The reason why did I think that one of the firewalls is enabled by default was that I had some download issues with "pkg_add -rv packagename". It uses FTP and it seemed to me that FTP sessions did never start. However, it turned out, that this was the problem -> link. However, am I correct, that before enabling for example pf, I'm all open to the outside world?
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You are behind a router, that's why you have to use passive FTP. This means your machine isn't directly accessible from the internet.
 
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