RE: [PLUG] Anyone know how to set up a linux box to,...

["Michael Leone" <turgon@pil.net>]

Also check out the Linux Router Project (www.lrp.org).

I use a version of this. Fits on a floppy. Has a firewall (ipfwadm &
ip_masq), DHCP, DNS, HTTPD capability. I run it on an old 486 w/16M RAM. I
boot from the floopy, and the old machine acts as a firewall/gateway/router
for my little home LAN. Works like a charm. Uses the older ipfwadm instead
of ipchains, but even so.

I have a friend doing the same thing thru a cable modem.


> I am assuming you have two NIC cards?
>
> If so, just set your box up for IP Masquarade with the default gateway
> pointing at your DSL modem.  Edit your hosts.allow and
> hosts.deny files to
> limit what people see from the outside. Finally, edit
> inetd.conf to limit
> services seen from the outside.
>
> Easiest way to do this, on a RH box is to get the latest
> linuxconf utility.
>
> After you get this all going, there are some good firewall programs
> available at freshmeat.net.
>
> HTH,


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