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I need even tighter Freeway access security. Can I configure a firewall on the Freeway, and restrict access to certain IP addresses?

April 26, 2017certain configure firewall Freeway ip addresses Restrict security tighter

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I need even tighter Freeway access security. Can I configure a firewall on the Freeway, and restrict access to certain IP addresses?

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Yes, Freeway software versions 3.1-1 and later include full firewall capabilities. By default, the firewall is open (it allows connections from any source), but you can add your own rules to restrict access in any manner you desire, with lines like these in your boot configuration file: exec = /sbin/ipfw add 1000 deny ip from 192.168.3.0/24 to any exec = /sbin/ipfw add 1100 deny ip from 192.168.4.4 to any ( those lines would disallow all IP access from any machine on the 192.168.3.0 subnet, and from 192.168.4.4 ). The “ipfw list” command (typed in from the BSD shell) shows a list of all existing firewall rules, and “ipfw show” shows statistics about the number of packets which have been treated under each rule. See the output of “man ipfw” for additional commands, and for details about the rule syntax.