SETUP QUESTION

[Warren Togami]

You can use Dusty's suggestion of OpenBSD, or your Red Hat or Mandrake and a
Netfilter/iptables script.

I wrote a quick install guide for Linux Netfilter/iptables here
http://www.mplug.org/phpwiki/index.php?BasicFirewallRouter

MonMotha, the author of the iptables script that I recommend in that guide
has moved into the MPLUG server and wrote a few of the pages on the Wiki.

If you have any questions please write back to the list.

----- Original Message -----
From: Jason Smallwood
To: Linux & Unix Advocates & Users
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 9:43 PM
Subject: [luau] SETUP QUESTION


Greetings,
Well I have been lurking around and asking a few newbie questions, but now I
really need some help.

I am looking to setup a firewall at my home.  I have a potential for 5 - 6
systems that I could connect at any given time.  I have an older Pentium 133
with 24 or 48 megs of ram, and a 3 gig HD (I think, I haven't had the system
running in quite some time), only issue I have with it is that the CD drive
is SCSI.  I do also have an AMD 333 with 56 megs RAM and 4 gig HD.  What I
would like to do is setup a dedicated Firewall, with hub and allow for my
other system to connect, I would also need to be able to allow a MS system
to be able to access net via the firewall.  I have copies of Red Hat 7.1 and
Mandrake 8.0, and could download (I have Road Runner) any other if you folks
feel that another distro may better suite my need.  Your help is greatly
appreciated.

Aloha,
Jason