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>--- article.sgml.orig   Fri Aug 17 13:40:05 2001
>+++ article.sgml        Fri Aug 17 14:56:16 2001
>@@ -39,23 +39,22 @@
>     
>     <para>Dialup Firewalling with FreeBSD</para>
>     
>-    <para>This document aims to cover the process that is required in
>-      order to setup firewalling with FreeBSD when are dynamically 
>-      assigned an IP address by your ISP.  While every effort has been
>-      made to make this document as informative and correct as possible,
>-      you are welcome to mail your comments/suggestions to the
>-      <email>marcs@draenor.org</email>.</para>
>+    <para>This document covers the process that is required to setup
>+      firewalling with FreeBSD when an IP address is assigned dynamically  
>+      by your ISP.  While every effort has been made to make this document
>+      as informative and correct as possible, you are welcome to mail your
>+      comments/suggestions to the <email>marcs@draenor.org</email>.</para>
>    </sect1>
> 
>   <sect1 id="kernel">
>     <title>Kernel Options</title>
>     
>-    <para>The first thing you'll need to do is recompile your kernel in
>-      FreeBSD. If you need more information on how to recompile the kernel,
>+    <para>The first thing you'll need to do is recompile your kernel.
>+      If you need more information on how to recompile the kernel,
>       then the best place to start is the <ulink
>        URL="http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/kernelconfig.html">kernel
>-       configuration section in the Handbook</ulink>. You need to compile the
>-      following options into the kernel: </para>
>+       configuration section in the Handbook</ulink>. You need to add the
>+      following options into your kernel config: </para>
> 
>     <variablelist>
>       <varlistentry>
>@@ -80,7 +79,7 @@
> 
>        <listitem>
>          <para>Limits the number of times a matching entry is logged.  This
>-           stops your log files filling up with lots of repetitive entries.
>+           prevents your log file from filling up with lots of repetitive entries.
>            <replaceable>100</replaceable> is a reasonable number to use, but
>            you can adjust it based on your requirements.</para>
>        </listitem>
>@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@
>       </varlistentry>
>     </variablelist>
> 
>-    <para>There are also some other OPTIONAL items that you can compile
>+    <para>There are some other OPTIONAL items that you can compile
>      into the kernel for some added security.  These are not required in
>      order to get firewalling to work, but some more paranoid users may
>      want to use them.</para>
>@@ -115,8 +114,8 @@
>       </varlistentry>
>      </variablelist>
> 
>-    <para>Don't reboot once you have recompiled the kernel. Hopefully, we will
>-      need to reboot just once in order to complete the installing of the
>+    <para>Don't reboot once you have recompiled the kernel. Hopefully, 
>+      we will only need to reboot once to complete the installation of the
>       firewall.</para>
>   </sect1>
> 
>@@ -126,7 +125,7 @@
>     
>     <para>We now need to make some changes to
>       <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename> in order to tell it about the
>-      firewall. Simply add the following lines:</para>
>+      firewall.  Simply add the following lines:</para>
>     
>     <programlisting>firewall_enable="YES"
> firewall_script="/etc/firewall/fwrules"
>@@ -134,8 +133,8 @@
> natd_interface="tun0"
> natd_flags="-dynamic"</programlisting>
> 
>-    <para>For more information on what the above do take a look at
>-      <filename>/etc/defaults/rc.conf</filename> and read
>+    <para>For more information on the functions of these statements take 
>+     a look at <filename>/etc/defaults/rc.conf</filename> and read
>       &man.rc.conf.5;</para>
>   </sect1>
>   
>@@ -143,11 +142,11 @@
>     <title>Disable PPP's network address translation</title>
>     
>     <para>You may already be using PPP's built in network address
>-      translation (NAT).  If that is the case you will have to disable it,
>-      as these examples use &man.natd.8; to do the same.</para>
>+      translation (NAT).  If that is the case then you will have to disable 
>+      it, as these examples use &man.natd.8; to do the same.</para>
> 
>     <para>If you already have a block of entries to
>-      automatically start PPP it probably looks like this:</para>
>+      automatically start PPP, it probably looks like this:</para>
> 
>     <programlisting>ppp_enable="YES"
> ppp_mode="auto"
>@@ -163,26 +162,26 @@
>   <sect1 id="rules">
>     <title>The ruleset for the firewall</title>
>     
>-    <para>We're nearly done now. All that remains now is to define the
>+    <para>We're nearly done now.  All that remains now is to define the
>       firewall rules and then we can reboot and the firewall should be up and
>-      running. I realize that everyone will want something slightly different
>-      when it comes to their rulebase. What I've tried to do is write a
>-      rulebase that suits most dialup users. You can obviously modify it to
>-      your needs by  simply using the following rules as the foundation for
>+      running.  I realize that everyone will want something slightly different
>+      when it comes to their rulebase.  What I've tried to do is write a
>+      rulebase that suits most dialup users.  You can obviously modify it to
>+      your needs by using the following rules as the foundation for
>       your own rulebase.  First, let's start with the basics of closed
>-      firewalling. What you want to do is deny everything by default and then
>-      only open up for the  things you really need. Rules should be in the
>-      order of allow first and  then deny. The premise is that you add the
>-      rules for your allows, and  then everything else is denied. :)</para>
>+      firewalling.  What you want to do is deny everything by default and then
>+      only open up for the things you really need.  Rules should be in the
>+      order of allow first and then deny.  The premise is that you add the
>+      rules for your allows, and then everything else is denied. :)</para>
> 
>     <para>Now, let's make the dir /etc/firewall. Change into the directory and
>       edit the file <filename>fwrules</filename> as we specified in
>-      <filename>rc.conf</filename>. Please note that you can change this
>-      filename to be anything you wish. This guide just gives an example of a
>+      <filename>rc.conf</filename>.  Please note that you can change this
>+      filename to anything you wish.  This guide just gives an example of a
>       filename. </para>
> 
>-    <para>Now, let's look at a sample firewall file, and we'll detail
>-      everything in it. </para>
>+    <para>Now, let's look at a sample firewall file, that is commented nicely.  
>+      </para>
> 
>     <programlisting># Firewall rules
> # Written by Marc Silver (marcs@draenor.org)

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