Jarmo Paavilainen wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I know that I need a IP forwarding kernel to be able to build a packet
> filtering firewall (and thats all I want to do).
>
> So the question is: Is the Kernel from redhat 5.2 enabled to forward
> packets?
>
> And how can I tell if a kernel is compiled with the forward enabled?
>
> // Jarmo
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> PS. I tested to compile the kernel (dl the rpm package from redhats site), i
> think it was 2.0.36 (isnt it kind of old?), but It did not kompile. It ended
> with a make error. Someone solved this? DS.
Note that kernel versions up to including 2.0.35 have a known security
bug fixed in 2.0.36 and later. Check it out at http://www.ciac.org/
Ralph
