On Thursday 08 September 2005 01:23 am, James wrote: > gentuxx <gentuxx <at> gmail.com> writes: > > Why not just sit down and read the source? > > I'm sure that's going to happen too. But having a > working machine with iptables/netfilter is like > having a lab-class to go with the > (theory) lecture part of the class, methinks. > > YMMV. > > James
That's what I'm doing just this minute. Old laptop on my home lan, iptables on gentoo and a copy of LINUX FIREWALLS 2nd Edition by Robert L. Ziegler. Pretty heady stuff, but a great way to pass the time before bed.... A little brandy doesn't hurt either. Cheers. -- ****************************************************************************** Registered Linux User Number 185956 FSF Associate Member number 2340 since 05/20/2004 Join me in chat at #linux-users on irc.freenode.net Buy an Xbox for $149.00, run linux on it and Microsoft loses $150.00! 8:51pm up 52 days, 20:50, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list