Any particular reason why you need the 2.4 kernel for your firewall duties? For "simple" firewall duties, the 2.2 kernels with IPCHAINS work very well.
You only need iptables if you're doing complicated "stateful" firewalling. Simple keeping intruders out and your inside connections getting internet sharing doesn't require such complexity. I'd suggest rolling to 2.2 kernel, getting it all to work (so you know your configuration is all good), then try to "graduate" up to 2.4 kernel and new compile of Freeswan. Just a thought. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Coates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 2:21 PM Subject: [suse-sparc] Possible SPAM (accuracy low): Freeswan and SuSE Sparc Linux > Hi all, > > I'm at why wits end here. I have a Sun Sparc 20 SMP (sun4m) loaded with SuSE > linux 7.3 and I've upgraded the kernel to 2.4.20pre-9. I'm trying to get > freeswan to work so that I can configure vpn with a friend of mine to see how > it all works. > > The problem that I'm running into is that the freeswan kernel modules that come > on the cd are for the 2.2.x series of kernels. I thought that I could download > the source rpms from freeswan.org since they have SuSE src rpms there, but > whenever I compile them, they compile just fine, but on installation of the > freeswan rpm, they all lock up in the same place, when it's running > the /usr/lib/ipsec/rsasigkey to generate the ipsec.secrets file. I thought > that maybe the sparc machine was a little slow, and it just needed, a bit of > time to do all the number crunching. But after letting it run all night, and > still stuck at the same place, I've come to the conclusion that this isn't the > case. > > Has anybody gotten freeswan to compile and work on a Sun Sparc 20 with a 2.4.x > kernel, or am I going to have to resort to using a 2.2.x kernel and going back > to ipchains or put an x86 version as the firewall? > > Ed > > ------------------------------------------------- > This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
