Greg Lopp on Tue, 11 Apr 2000 16:38:36 -0400 (EDT)


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Re: [PLUG] rh firewall


Michael Whitman wrote:

> I want to build a firewall using RH 6.0, or 6.1.
> I hear that firewall capability is built into the linux kernel.
> Do I need to recompile the kernel after the standard RH installation?

No.  Firewalling is built into the networking sub-system of the kernel
that installed with this RH6.1.

...not that recompiling the kernel is difficult.....only scary the first
few times.


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