At 01:34 PM 11/9/00 +0000, Michael Boyd wrote: >Thanks to everyone who answered my first questions. Now for the next >few. ... I'm skipping your list of packages. For the most part, they are irrelevant to router/firewalls, and I doubt the ORA book recommended them in that context. For advice on package selection, see my earlier response suggesting what to include on a Debian-based firewall/router.
>While I am on the subject of packages does anyone have any advice about >setting up exim (or point me in the direction of any advice on the >net)?. I am not even entirely sure I know what exim does. Again ... on a firewall/router? Whatever would you want it there for? exim is a Mail Transport Agent (MTA); it manages sending and receipt of e-mail. If you do need it, run exim_config, which does a pretty good job of prompting you, and ask specifically about what you don't understand ... here for questions related to router/firewalls, otherwise someplace appropriate for general Linux question. >My debian box currently has a 500MB HD but I have a 100MB HD kicking >around at home. Will a functional FW set-up fit into 100MB? Easily. Functional firewalls come on a single floppy. The best-known example is the Linux Router Project ... many URLs to choose from, but the best is http://lrp.c0wz.com . When using Debian, you should be able to fit a working firewall into 50-60 megs ... the larger size is due partly to things like man pages, internationalization code, and a default installation of perl, all things routinely omitted on dedicated router/firewalls; and the use of standard Unix/Linux apps instead of ones custom designed for small/embedded distributions (see URL http://opensource.lineo.com/software.html for a good, concise list of these apps, most of which are available as .debs). -- ------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"--- Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------
