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planning on building a bridging firewall using BSD

M

Mucman

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I have one question... is remote access possible? My understanding is that the computer won't have an IP address. It only deals with the data link layer (frames?) and I won't be able to administer the computer remotely. I am asking this because when I set it up I am sure it will take a while to tweak it so I have to proper traffic flowing through it. I don't want to have to go to my lil network room (cubby hole underneath our stairs 🙂) in order to make changes. I have structured cabling throughout my house and I can add another drop to my room if needed.
 
You are correct. You will have to go to the cubby hole, use a serial link to connect to it, or use a third network card.
 


<< Doh... what about EIA232? I can put that over cat5e with the proper modules on the end right? >>



Dont know what that is. Why not just make a normal firewall? Which BSD are you planning on using? Which firewall?
 
EIA232 aka RS232 is a console protocol commonly used for routers (I think) 🙂

I just want to learn how to do it, that's all 🙂. I plan on using OpenBSD, but since this is only for my home network this decision isn't really too important. I am not sure which firewall to run yet... This just sounds like a cool project to work on during my Christmas break 🙂

 
Ok, with OpenBSD 2.9 you can use IPF which has been around for years and I like it. With OpenBSD 2.9-current or 3.0 you will be using PF. I havent used it yet, but Ill be setting it up on my desktop probably tomorrow. I dont do a bridging firewall though, just a normal NAT/firewall.
 
Cool, thanks for the info. I will probably be trying OpenBSD 3.0. I guess I will have to have it in my room until I get it properly configured... hopefully I might find something about RS232 remote access to a BSD box. If I do I will let you know.
 


<< Cool, thanks for the info. I will probably be trying OpenBSD 3.0. I guess I will have to have it in my room until I get it properly configured... hopefully I might find something about RS232 remote access to a BSD box. If I do I will let you know. >>



http://marc.theaimsgroup.com has archives of quite a few mailing lists. And they are searchable.
 
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