Hi......

This is basicly what I wanted to know...  Thanks.....

Scouby




> > For your curiosity...  It's not my choice.
> >
> > The router is not our, it's a rental.  And it's going to be cheaper to
> > install a fucking old machine with Linux on it instead of buying the
> > router.... No comment please.
>
>OK. No comment but only questions.
>
>What did your C2600 do? Only routing? Any routing protocols running on it?
>
>See, your original question doesn't make sense at all. You say you want to
>use netfilter to have some feedback of the traffic on the machine. What
>do you mean by that? AFAIK, netfilter is a filter/nat tool, there are some
>nice logging functionality there too but if you're only interested in
>"having some feedback of the traffic", do it with snort (www.snort.org).
>In case you want to do dynamic routing do it with either gated or zebra
>(www.zebra.org). For traffic control you'll need to do some research
>on iproute2 package.
>
>Ramin
>
> >
> > Scouby
> >
> > At 12:22 2002-04-29 -0600, you wrote:
> > >Eric,
> > >    Why are you replacing a Cisco 2600?  (just out of curiosity).  If 
> I was
> > >to get serious with it, I'd install mandrake 8.2 on the linux box and have
> > >FreeSWAN for your VPN solution :)
> > >
> > >Vasiliy Boulytchev
> > >Colorado Information Technologies Inc.
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Eric Daigneault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 11:54 AM
> > >Subject: Cisco 2600 replacement
> > >
> > >
> > >> Hi everyone,
> > >> Soon, I will replace a Cisco 2600 by a Linux Box. I want to use 
> Netfilter
> > >> to have some feedback of the traffic on the machine. I know that 
> basicly,
> > >> Netfilter is use for security purposes, but i'm sure it can be 
> veryuseful
> > >> in giving some feedback on plain routing.
> > >>
> > >> First, I want to know if anyone ever did that and a few tip would be
> > >> appreciated ???? And if it's worth it ?? of course.
> > >>
> > >> Then, off-topic unfortunatly, if someone ever did that switch, is there
> > >> anything I MUST know about the job a cisco router's doing compare to a
> > >> linuxbox. Don't tell me that I have to know the routing table.... 
> I'm not
> > >> that stupid :-) But just some stuf that I might forget ???
> > >> Thanks...
> > >>
> > >> P.S. I will also put a good traffic monitor on the box... The concept of
> > >> Netfilter is just to add some feed back.
> > >>
> > >> Scouby
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> >


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