Hello group.
I've managed to get Freebsd-7.0 installed with kde...so far I'm loving
it. Just figured out how to update ports via portsnap and install
them with portmaster. So far so good.
I googled freebsd security and came across the article below.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/FreeBSD_Basics.html
Disabled the stuff/sevices that I wasn't using in /etc/rc.conf
sshd/sendmail etc.
This is a desktop system that I'm wanting to build a firewall for, from
what I've read the PF firewall is the way to go. I'm behind a router
and all off the on-line security test shows everything to be stealth,
dunno how good these cheap linksys hardware firewalls are, best add
another layer of protection.
I'm a total loss here. The more I read and google about PF the more
confused I get about rules/syntax. (Don't laugh, but I've never wrote a
firewall rule in my life) I come from Linux where I just installed
programs like firestarter that had a GUI and I just pointed and clicked.
Is there an idiots guide to PF or books you could recommend? I really
want to learn this system.
Mandatory Access Control also looks very confusing to me.
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/mac.html
How do you know what files need mac access etc?
TIA
I've managed to get Freebsd-7.0 installed with kde...so far I'm loving
it. Just figured out how to update ports via portsnap and install
them with portmaster. So far so good.
I googled freebsd security and came across the article below.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/FreeBSD_Basics.html
Disabled the stuff/sevices that I wasn't using in /etc/rc.conf
sshd/sendmail etc.
This is a desktop system that I'm wanting to build a firewall for, from
what I've read the PF firewall is the way to go. I'm behind a router
and all off the on-line security test shows everything to be stealth,
dunno how good these cheap linksys hardware firewalls are, best add
another layer of protection.
I'm a total loss here. The more I read and google about PF the more
confused I get about rules/syntax. (Don't laugh, but I've never wrote a
firewall rule in my life) I come from Linux where I just installed
programs like firestarter that had a GUI and I just pointed and clicked.
Is there an idiots guide to PF or books you could recommend? I really
want to learn this system.
Mandatory Access Control also looks very confusing to me.
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/mac.html
How do you know what files need mac access etc?
TIA