Hello, I am setting up a bastion host and packet filtering router and taking a crack at using Debian for this task.
I figured the first job would be to pick the neccasary packages for such a system. I have appended my list of packages to the end of this message. _?_ means I don't know if I should use this package _cut_ means I wasn't planning on using this package _req_ means debian requires this package _nec_ means I thought this package would be neccasary to set up or run the firewall. I am trying to keep the system as "lean" and secure as possible. Thanks....sorry for the length. Any suggestions for further modification of the package list? Packages that should be removed once bastion host is setup (ie gcc, etc). Thanks Henry Hollenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] debian]$ grep _cut_ pkgs_abrev Package: rcs _cut_ Package: emacs _cut_ Package: gpm _cut_ Package: perl _cut_ Package: cpio _cut_ Package: flex _cut_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] debian]$ grep _?_ pkgs_abrev Package: tetex-extra _?_ Package: dialog _?_ Package: lsof _?_ Package: mh _?_ Package: procmail _?_ Package: file _?_ Package: ncurses3.0 _?_ Package: fdflush _?_ Package: tetex-base _?_ Package: libgdbm1 _?_ Package: tcl74-dev _?_ Package: modconf _?_ Package: tetex-bin _?_ Package: libdb1-dev _?_ Package: inewsinn _?_ Package: ncurses3.0-dev _?_ Package: mailx _?_ Package: bsdmainutils _?_ Package: libelf0 _?_ Package: mtools _?_ Package: smail _?_ Package: libreadline2 _?_ Package: nvi _?_ Package: sharutils _?_ Package: patch _?_ Package: diff _?_ Package: strace _?_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] debian]$ grep _req_ pkgs_abrev Package: mbr _req_ Package: procps _req_ Package: ncurses-base _req_ Package: adduser _req_ Package: setserial _req_ Package: textutils _req_ Package: electric-fence _req_ Package: sed _req_ Package: passwd _req_ Package: base-passwd _req_ Package: util-linux _req_ Package: update _req_ Package: libc5 _req_ Package: makedev _req_ Package: ncurses-bin _req_ Package: tar _req_ Package: ldso _req_ Package: timezone _req_ Package: gzip _req_ Package: syslinux _req_ Package: kbd _req_ Package: dpkg _req_ Package: base-files _req_ Package: findutils _req_ Package: shellutils _req_ Package: grep _req_ Package: mount _req_ Package: getty _req_ Package: e2fsprogs _req_ Package: modutils _req_ Package: sysvinit _req_ Package: hostname _req_ Package: login _req_ Package: fileutils _req_ Package: mawk _req_ Package: bash _req_ Package: debianutils _req_ Package: sysklogd _req_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] debian]$ grep _nec_ pkgs_abrev Package: kernel-source-2.0.29 _nec_ Package: wg15-locale _nec_ Package: lilo _nec_ Package: libreadline2-dev _nec_ Package: bsdutils _nec_ Package: cron _nec_ Package: bin86 _nec_ Package: manpages _nec_ Package: doc-linux _nec_ Package: lpr _nec_ Package: make _nec_ Package: ncurses-term _nec_ Package: doc-debian _nec_ Package: dpkg-ftp _nec_ Package: binutils _nec_ Package: cpp _nec_ Package: less _nec_ Package: dpkg-dev _nec_ Package: libg++27 _nec_ Package: man-db _nec_ Package: debian-policy _nec_ Package: m4 _nec_ Package: at _nec_ Package: wenglish _nec_ Package: dnsutils _nec_ Package: libbfd2.7.0.9 _nec_ Package: groff _nec_ Package: ed _nec_ Package: gcc _nec_ Package: netstd _nec_ Package: libc5-dev _nec_ Package: gdb _nec_ Package: time _nec_ Package: libg++27-dev _nec_ Package: libdb1 _nec_ Package: info _nec_ Package: netbase _nec_ Package: libgdbm1-dev _nec_ Package: kernel-source-2.0.30 _nec_ Package: biff _nec_ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .