[ILUG] Firewalls... linux -v- BSD

[Owen O' Shaughnessy]

Conall O'Brien wrote:
>
> I don't intend ever going back to using NAT, since I like being able
> to setup aa random machine I'm using for something so I can ssh into
> it externally.
>

All the linux firewalling howto's suggest that routing firewalls are
evil, and that you should proxy all your protocols. Doesn't that just
fly in the face of the general consensus being offered here by you and
others?

Owen.