[linux-help] Re: Kernel stuff---The Big Picture

[Bruce Bales <bbales@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nathan,
If you only want a firewall and are not just wanting to do it yourself,
I recommend the Frazierwall (frazierwall.com).  It doesn't require a
hard drive or debian or redhat; just a flex disk and 16M of memory.  And
it's free.

The principals and laws that regulate the universe and underlie all
knowledge and reality specify that any linux kernel should support a
firewall without recompiling.

bruce

Nathan wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to setup a firewall box for my home
> LAN.  I've got a few big picture type of
> questions.  I'm using Debian.
>
> Both of the HowTos I've been referencing on Firewalls
> have me either patching the kernel or compiling a kernel.
> Is it generally understood that a generic Kernel
> doesn't have the right stuff to be a filtering
> proxy/bridge, or is there a simpler way to do this?
>
> The HowTo that tells me to compile a kernel suggest
> doing the compiling on a different computer from the
> firewall box.  I have a couple computers w/ linux, but
> they have completely different hardware.
> Seems like this could cause problems.  True?
>
> Nathan
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