RE: firewall and ip-masquerading

["Brian Kimsey-Hickman" <kimhick@mpinet.net>]

Runar,

I just went through this.  It sounds difficult but it isn't too bad.  If you
have questions this list is a good place to find answers.  Everyone here has
been a big help to me.  How Tos will provide you with the documentation you
need to get started.  They can be found at several places on the net
including:

http://www.linuxdoc.org/docs.html#howto


You will probably want to look at the Kernel How To because you need to
activate some features to make ipchains available.  I would also look at the
Firewall and Proxy Server How TO and the  Linux Ipchains ,and, Linux IP
Masquerade How Tos.

Or, if you want quick and easy try floppyfw.  This is a floppy disk with a
Linux kernel already compiled for firewalling and masquerading.  It is
configured through several scripts that run on the floppy.  It is fairly
well documented and looked to me to run pretty well.  It can be found at:

http://www.zelow.no/floppyfw/

As far as your odds of success, I would say they are excellent.

Brian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Runar Bell [mailto:runarbel@powertech.no]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 2:57 AM
> To: debian-firewall@lists.debian.org
> Subject: firewall and ip-masquerading
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I want to set up a firewall and ip-masquerading on my linux-box. I have
> the potato install, with the regular kernel. From what I can see, I am
> missing some parts in the kernel to be able to do ip-masquerading
> properly. When running netconf I was told so, and also while doing:
>
> ipchains -L -n
>
> I got the following error message:
> ipchains: Incompatible with this kernel
>
> My questions are:
>
> 1) where do I find the information on how to compile (and install) a
> regular kernel with support for ip-masquerading ? (Or could any of you
> please provide me with the information needed?)
>
> 2) What is the chance of success for a first-timer?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Runar
>
>
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