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a simple firewall man page



since so many newbies as about how to set up a firewall, I thought that a
simple man page directing them to the appropriate existing resources might
not be a bad idea.

What do you think?
BTW: this is my first man page, so feel free to crucify it.
.Dd May 14, 2001
.Dt FIREWALL 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm firewall
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm firewall
.Nd is a summary of things you need to know
in order to make a firewall using openBSD.
.Sh INFORMATION
The openBSD
.Em FAQ
contains a complete description for setting up IPF and IPNAT.
See sections:
.Em 6.2
and
.Em 6.3
.Sh REFERENCES
.Bl -tag
.It programs
.Xr ipf 8
.Xr ipnat 8
.Xr ipmon 8
.Xr inetd 8
.El
.Bl -tag
.It configuration files
.Xr ifconfig 8
.Xr rc.conf 8
.Xr portmap 8
.Xr inetd.conf 8
.El



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