Re: suggestions on a good firewall

[Rick Hale <optik () wccnet org>]

> what I want to do is set up another computer to act as
> a firewall for my main system. what I want this to do is to be able to
> control what enters and leaves my system  with a way to set up permissions.

you could use OpenBSD with pf, it'll suit your needs.

-rik
http://orchard.wccnet.org/~optik

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