Is a good linux IPCHAINS rulesets, combined with setting correct permissions
on files and patching up linux enough to protect a network from the outside
?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron DuFresne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2000 10:04 AM
> To: Paul D. Robertson
> Cc: Steve George; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Free stateful packet filtering
>
>
> On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, Paul D. Robertson wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, Ron DuFresne wrote:
> >
> > > Paul, last I read IPfilter runs fine on linux, if I
> recall all the way
> > > back to the 1.X.X kernels, though I might be wrong going
> back that far,
> > > certainly to the 2.0.X kernels.
> >
> > It runs only on the 2.0.x kernels (I think 2.0.36 is the last one it
> > supported.) I'm not sure if the new code compiles there or
> not though,
> > and since it's not a fully supported platform I thought it
> wasn't worth
> > the multi-line "If you don't mind running old kernels on an
> OS the package
> > developer seems to not be focused on..." disclaimer.
>
> There are reasons some folks have stuck with the older
> kernels, at least
> there were unitl I've recent;y heard, some SSL and VPN
> packages have been
> finally ported to the 'newer' 2.2.X kernels.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ron DuFresne
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