need iptables firewall
What I'm trying to do is build a stateful firewall using iptables.
The machine I want to put it on has 16 meg, and RedHat won't install
in that, but Debian will. I've read on another list that others
prefer Debian for instructional purposes, so I'm viewing this as a
chance to get acquainted with it. That's in addition to the main
purpose of replacing the Drawbridge firewall, which doesn't do
everything we need any more.
My first thought was to use woody, since I read somewhere that it
uses the 2.4 kernel, and I read somewhere else that I need that one
for iptables. I installed it, and it turned out to have the 2.2.19
kernel, so I didn't gain anything. I'm now thinking that I should
just go back and install potato, since it looks like I'm going to
have to figure out how to replace the kernel in any case.
Could somebody point me to where I should start reading? It looks
like I need to know how to replace a kernel and how to set up and
configure iptables. I didn't get many hits when I did a search for
"iptables" on the Debian website.
I'm a debian newbie, but have experience installing and administering
4.2/4.3 BSD, Ultrix, and FreeBSD. I've never installed Linux before
today, but have done some admin on running RedHat systems. I got
woody installed and running off the hard drive. Then I killed it by
going back and installing the Ethernet driver.
Thanks
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