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  From: Dale Long <dalel@loftuscomp.com.au>
  To  : Brian Marr <sirreg@dove.net.au>
  Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 13:58:11 +1030 (CST)

Re: LinuxSA topic

On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, Brian Marr wrote:
> Would this be a suitable topic for a LinuxSA meet ? -Setting up a
> firewall / masq box for home where two or three computers make up a LAN.
> I seem to be spending more and more time online and would like to know
> more about this area.

It would be good to cover things like LRP (Linux Router Project) and
Freesco as well.
LRP is quite flexible for a number of situations. Freesco is more suited
to a home network, but the authors look like they are making it more
modular.
I still follow muLinux a bit for this sort of thing, but I think LRP is
better for firewalling/routing/bridging. Running a firewall in RAM off a
read-only floppy (or CDROM) could be considered added security for a
dedicated firewall.

LRP is based on the Debian model but uses 'lrp' packages. The 'Eiger'
variant of LRP seems to be a good choice (including 2.2.x of the kernel).

Dale.

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