Tom;

Many thanks to you from the Bering(-uclibc) developers as well.

Shorewall made iptables easy and helped a lot to build a secure box.

All the best to you - we will miss you.    


Am Mittwoch, 18. Mai 2005 17:25 schrieb Tom Eastep:
> Paul Gear wrote:

> > - We need to look at the big issues and make sure we've got a good
> > handle on them.  For me, these include (in rough order of priority from
> > my perspective):
> > * Multiple ISPs & load balancing
> > * Features to enable building a personal firewall with shorewall
> > * IPv6
>
> I think that is a good list. I hope to have the first (multiple
> ISPs/Load-balancing) completed in release 2.4.0 (it should work in the
> current CVS code but I have to lash together a test bed to try it). I'll
> still run a beta/RC-series for that release so it should be fairly solid
> by the time that I throw it over the wall for good.
>
> Netfilter is weak on features for a personal firewall. I have added
> support for the 'owner' match (including 'owner-cmd') but that isn't a
> strong enough base to build what most people think of as a personal
> firewall.
>
> IPV6 is a big job -- that will keep folks busy coding for a while :-)

If someone wants to jump in, the 6wall code, written by Eric de Thouars, is in 
LEAF Bering-uClibc cvs. 

kp


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