Configuring FreeBSD gateways and network services

You can start the configuration of the gateway when you receive the following prompts: User confirmation requested

Do your want this machine to function as a network gateway?

[Yes] No if this machine is to be used as a gateway for sending packets between the local network and other machines, select Yes and press Enter. If this machine is just a node master on the network, select [No] and press ENTER to continue.

You can start the configuration of the Network service when you receive the following prompts: User confirmation requested

Do I want to configure inetd and the network services that it provides?

Yes [No] if you choose [No], many network services, such as telnetd, will not be enabled. This means that remote users will not be able to telnet into this machine. Users on this machine can still telnet to the remote machine. These services can be enabled by modifying the/etc/inetd.conf configuration file after the installation is complete. If you want to configure these network services now, select Yes and then see the following information: User confirmation requested

The Internet Super Server (inetd) allows a number of simple internet

Services to is enabled, including finger, FTP and telnetd. Enabling

These services may increase risk the security problems by increasing

The exposure of your system.

With this in mind, do your wish to enable inetd?

[Yes] No select [Yes] to continue. User Confirmation requested

INETD (8) relies on it configuration file,/etc/inetd.conf, to determine

Which of its Internet services would be available. The default FreeBSD

inetd.conf (5) Leaves all services disabled by default, so they must is

Specifically enabled in the configuration file before they would

function, even once inetd (8) is enabled. Note This services for

IPV6 must is separately enabled from IPV4 services.

Select [Yes] Now to invoke a editor on/etc/inetd.conf, or [No] to

Use the current settings.

[Yes] No SELECT [Yes] will allow you to add network services (the # of the corresponding network services at the beginning of each line can be removed).

Edit inetd.conf configuration file

After you join the service you want to enable, pressing the ESC key will give you a dialog box that allows you to leave and save changes.