Hi folks,
I'm an Archlinux user (until now) and am just getting to grips with FreeBSD. The only thing I'm really struggling with is the firewall configuration. Up till now I've used UFW on linux as firewall rules have always scared me. I've got IPFW set to run in rc.conf and have pointed it to /etc/ipfw.rules as a script but I have no idea what I'm doing when it comes to creating rules.
My plan is to allow all outbound traffic (for now), and deny all incoming traffic apart from ssh, at least until I understand how to write rules better. I've had a look at some example configurations but they all look rather complex. So I guess what I'm asking for is a dummy's guide to firewall rules using IPFW.
Any and all help much appreciated.
I'm an Archlinux user (until now) and am just getting to grips with FreeBSD. The only thing I'm really struggling with is the firewall configuration. Up till now I've used UFW on linux as firewall rules have always scared me. I've got IPFW set to run in rc.conf and have pointed it to /etc/ipfw.rules as a script but I have no idea what I'm doing when it comes to creating rules.
My plan is to allow all outbound traffic (for now), and deny all incoming traffic apart from ssh, at least until I understand how to write rules better. I've had a look at some example configurations but they all look rather complex. So I guess what I'm asking for is a dummy's guide to firewall rules using IPFW.
Any and all help much appreciated.