Pierre, I use Woody whith kernel 2.4 in my firewalls and i have no problem whith this. If is it considered as stable i dont know, but if DEBIAN realese woody as stable i think it is considered as stable too.
About your firewall: What rules you use in INPUT chain ? If you have no rules in INPUT chain and the police is ACCEPT for this chain i think you have problems with your kernel compilation. Try reinstall Woody whit option "bf24". If after this the network doesn't work your NIC may be whith problems. Fernando Andrade. Em Qui, 2005-01-06 �s 05:38, Pierre A. Damas escreveu: > ip_forward was already enabled via the configuration, so it didn't do > anything. > > If 2.4 is available in woody installation, is it considered as stable ? > > By the way, I installed it via Internet with the minimal CD > (LordSutch.com ISOLINUX mini-ISO image) > > Pierre A. > > >From: Fernando Andrade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: "Pierre A. Damas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >CC: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: no ipchains with 2.2/no network with 2.4 > >Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 14:21:42 -0400 > > > >Hi, > > > >Try do this (with kernel 2.4 and iptables): > > > >#echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward > > > >ps: you can install woody with kernel 2.4 using the option "bf24" in the > >boot manager of the instalation CD. > > > >Fernando Andrade > > > >Em Qua, 2005-01-05 �s 05:58, Pierre A. Damas escreveu: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I am fairly new to debian and firewalls, although I can read > >documentation > > > ;-) > > > I want to reuse an old machine to serve as firewall/proxy between two > > > subnets (with Windows machines) (192.168.1.0 (internal) and > >192.168.254.0 > > > (dmz)) > > > > > > In the dmz, the router acts as additional firewall for access to my ISP > > > (gateway: 192.168.254.1) > > > > > > I installed my old Pentium-MMX 200 65Mb RAM, two network adapters (ne > >and > > > 8139too). > > > Prerequisite: I don't want to compile my kernel myself (insmod should be > > > sufficient), certainly not on that machine (which is my only linux)
