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Subject: Re: [H-GEN] Packages for Firewall
From: Hilton Travis <QuarkAudioVisual at gmx.net>
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On Thu, 2001-12-06 at 13:34, Rob Unsworth wrote:
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> Could some kind soul advise me as to the minimum package requirement to
> set up a Firewall/Gateway. What would or wouldn't be needed in the
> Kernel would also be handy.

Have a look into leaf.sf.net - the Linux Embedded Application Firewall
project - the two main distributions - Oxygen and Eigerstein/Dachstein
-  have different approaches to this question, and I feel you will learn
a lot from this project.

Regards,
Hilton Travis


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