"Martyn Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Dear all > > I'd be very grateful for any insights you could share... > > Our school network continues to grow. Different departments within the > school wish to piggy-back their windows machines on to our broadband > internet connection, via our 100Mbps wired LAN within the building. Before I > can allow anymore machines on, I need to put a measure of security in > place - principally between the school Admin and Curriculum 'networks' and > also between the other 3 departments who share the site with us. I was > thinking along the lines of subnetting our existing network and applying a > firewall between each sub-net. >
I would recommend the book below. While not FreeBSD-specific, it does contain enough information to guide you through the high-level decisions. Once you get the policy, you can then decide on an infrastructure, and then go to the rulesets. # Building Internet Firewalls, 2nd Edition # Brent Chapman and Elizabeth Zwicky # # O'Reilly & Associates, Inc # ISBN 1-56592-871-7 # http://www.ora.com/ # http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/fire2/ -- Dan Pelleg To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
