Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > question -- i'm thinking of going back to seawall. when using a > different firewall package, i assume dachstein has no way of knowing > a priori you're using another firewalling package?
Basically, yes. I should have included seawall. > i assume the firewall packages simply wipe all ipchains, all port > forwards and start fresh? That's what I do. > > > on the upside, boot time is now cut by a third. > > > > People rarely reboot the firewall. So boot speed > > is not that significant, though using a cdrom > > to load all your packages is what's fast. > > i rebooted between eigerstein and dachstein like crazy, since i needed > to access the internet to get help and read tutorials. Me too when I was getting into it. > remember -- i'm new at this, and it took me an awful long time and alot > of trial and error to get dachstein working. I think someone might have helped you by pointing you toward the best documentation. I thought someone had a walkthrough up already. > well, actually that was a joke that you apparently didn't get. My bad. > but now that you mention it, yes. i'm completely convinced that my net > connectivity is faster. i know what conventional wisdom says; you > share in that view point. Faster is better. Thanks for posting any repeatable oberservations that you can quantify. We always like the facts. > however, i spend alot of time at the computer, and the difference IS > noticeable. my girlfriend noticed it too. Well, then it was worth it :) Matt _______________________________________________ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
