On Feb 20, 2008 11:02 AM, Zbigniew Szalbot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear all, > > In a matter of weeks we will be moving our office "server" replacing > it with a dedicated server machine functioning at an ISP's location. I > have spoken to them and they use Fedora so they won't be able to help > me much (besides we're not really prepared to pay them for > administrative work). Obviously, I want to keep using FreeBSD so they > promised to set up a basic installation so that I can remotely connect > to the server, configure it, install userland, etc. > > So far I have had FreeBSD systems only in office so I used my hardware > firewall (Dlink DFL 700) to block access to services on ports 22, etc. > Now, at the ISP I won't be able to do this so I will need to be a lot > more careful about security issues. I am planning to make a list of > steps I need to take to configure the OS to my liking and install > applications I need. However, I would really, really love to have some > advice from you re the basic steps. > > For example, I guess I will need to make friends with pf firewall (I > did use it but not extensively due to the hardware router in place). I > will need to disallow direct (3306) access to mysql database (again pf > thing?) and the like. > > In any case, many thanks for your hints, tips, links to get started (I > actually plan to use an old box in office to test-install everything > and only then do the same remotely). I have been using FreeBSD for 1,5 > year but I know how little I know so I'm ready to learn. > > Thanks for FreeBSD and your help! > > -- > Zbigniew Szalbot
For PF, see: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls-pf.html and http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
