Re: Define hosts lookup for pf.conf

>Pedro, You probably won't get too much more hand-holding
>here.  You really should have a good look at the tools
>available to you before you post to this list.

>"man" is your friend, google is your library index.

Gentelmen,

Sorry if I ran into the Big Boys forum crying. I will be more cautious about what I ask next time. Is there a forum for people who are starting out with OpenBSD? The thing is I am new to it and I am in a situation where reading pages and pages of Google is taking a lot of time away from making it work. But just working a few days with this OS I can see that its very solid and worth the many hours of searching for documentation.

>I'm a bit worried about this term "publicly accessible firewall",
>it's a contradiction in terms.  Firewalls should be nearly invisible,
>certainly not public ally accessible.

I meant that one of the interfaces was routable on the Internet, not sitting at a table in Starbucks. And your right I try and keep it as invisable as possible.

>Perl and the enormous number of modules available for Perl are
>tools that can be used on firewalls for administration and although
>"bare bones" is a good way to build a firewall (from general
>principles), you do need certain tools to manage it.  Perl is
>one tool that I would miss greatly if it were removed.

I cant wait to get perl working for me. It sounds wonderful. Time....time.

>Having said that, it's good that you are cautious :-)

Thanks Dave. My boss alway say "Be paraniod"

Hasta luego,

P.