Ken Hawkins wrote:
>
> I know I'll take some flack over this one....since it doesn't use MDK
>
> The best luck I have had was to dig up a 486 (or if you like, early
> pentium), get two older network cards (ones that have DOS software to
> configure I/O and IRQ's), and go get Eigerstein
>
> http://lrp.steinkuehler.net/DiskImages/Eiger/EigerStein.htm
>
> Read other pages at the site for an explanation of set-up.
>
> SUMMARY:
> This allows you to set up a router/firewall that boots from 1 floppy
> disk. You can make extra copies of the disk once you have the
> configuration you need, and you don't need an HDD. Once the system is
> running, you can remove the disk. In the remote chance that some hacker
> manages to compromise your router, you just reboot to reset everything
> back to normal. There is no disk to which they can save files changes.
> My installation at home gets a Dynamic IP from my DSL provider, and
> dishes out Private IP's (192.168.x.x) on the inside. Once I set that up
> early last year, the only maintenance has been a couple reboots due to
> power interruptions. A second reset is usually required because my
> router comes back up quicker than my DSL service.
>
> I have tested this configuration against several security sites, and
> come out looking pretty darn good!
>
> Ken
>
> "Nathan A. Smith" wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I have a couple of questions for you mandrake experts. I have a home
>>network setup with a Linux box (using Mandrake 8.0) as the
>>server/gateway. Due to the change with AT&T I had to install dhcp
>>(client) on the server to get things working. This broke a couple of
>>things I had setup -- specifically, Iptable/firewall settings. So I
>>would now like to fix server. The things I need to correct are:
>>
>>1) I would like to move the all the computers from static ip address to
>>dhcp. This would mean that the server would need to be both a client
>>(on the internet side) and a server (for the home network). I want to
>>do this so when the dns servers should change all the systems will
>>update automatically. Is this possible? And if so where do I find info
>>on how to do it?
>>
>>2) Redo the iptable rules so that it does ipforwarding, allow access
>>into/out off the gnutella network (I use gnut) and closes all unnessary
>>ports (I am not running a webserver or anything like that)
>>
>>The network has 2 computers on it. One is a win98/linux box and the
>>other is a Win98 box.
>>
>>Thanks in advance.
>>
>>Nasa
>>
Another good / simple distro that works on an old 486 is FreeSCO
www.freesco.org I believe
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