[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo router question

[James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com>]

Grant <emailgrant <at> gmail.com> writes:


> I'm planning on following the instructions here:

> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/home-router-howto.xml

> to set up a Gentoo router.  When I move in one week the router will
> get service from a DSL modem.  For now, can I test the router by
> having it pick up the wireless network that exists here and then see
> if another system can connect to my new network?

You might want/need to develop something a bit more sophisticated on 
the firewall part of the firewall/router. There are many choices and 
hopefully some folks will extoll on these other choices for a firewall.

Being adventuresome, I have read a very interesting article about using a 
perl script to launch/manage your iptables/netfilter based firewall by
Michael Diehl in the Linux Journal:

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8706

He is a  nice guy and you can send him email directly to ask about his
latest updated perl scripts for builing a firewall. Mention my name, as
we have corresponded extensively. Note: I have not actually used the scripts
yet, as many other factors are effecting my network upgrade and new firewall,
chiefly being the absence of time to perform extensive penetration testing.
That said, I do like the scripts and the way it sets up iptables/netfilter
via perl scripts....


Any other security hacks wanting a go at the script, I'd be interested
in your evaluation.

hth,
James Horton



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