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Using NetBSD as a secure gateway

Posted by Nik on from the Are-you-the-keymaster? dept.

pra9ma writes "Browsing through and found a nice article on setting up NetBSD and DSL connections as a gateway, the article gives an overview of ways to use your DSL machine as gateway for your home or office network, and goes through the basic steps to setup and maintain security to machines connected directly to the Internet." Nice reading material for those new to the BSD operating system."

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  1. Re:offtopic, but BSD.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2

    That's absolutly false. UFS + SoftUpdates actually out performs ext2 in many areas. Although, I'm not going to say it outperforms it in _every_ area, because it doesn't. Both UFS (+ SoftUpdates) and ext2 has thier strong and weak areas. BSD/UFS+SoftUpdates will outperform ext2 under high loads though. Many people bitch about BSD not having a journaling file system, although these are mostly Linux zealots. They bitch about it becuase corporations have put alot of emphasis on journaling, even though there are (better) alternatives. BSD doesn't _need_ a journaling FS becuase something better has been developed; SoftUpdates.

    There was an interview with one of the BSD commiters a while ago on slashdot, and he posted a link to benchmarks comparing SoftUpdates and ext2.. I'll repost if I find it.

  2. NetBSD/i386 Firewall by DreamerFi · · Score: 2

    And if you don't want to do the work yourself, look at www.dubbele.com