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Re: firewall on the same segment


From: irado furioso com tudo <irado () hotpop com>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 19:40:02 -0300

On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 16:08:21 +1000
"Fernando Serto" <fernando.serto () memetrics com> wrote:

hi,

I always installed firewalls to prevent access from internet to the
internal network, or from one network to another, but I was asked to
install a firewall ON the LAN, to deny access to a few boxes. for

suggest you to use a FreeBSD box with ipfw/ipfilter. (IMHO) easier than
some others.

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