[NTLUG:Discuss] version advice needed badly

[Michael H. Collins]

Floppyfw has 2.4 with iptables.  Just put that in the ramdisk.

I never reinvent the wheel unless just for fun.  This sounds work 
related though.

Oh and it fits on one floppy. You can send syslog to another box for 
logging With as much room as you have you could throw stateful stuff in 
too so it could change rules as needed.




Phillip.Watts at nlynx.com wrote:

> 
> 
> 
>   I would appreciate any comments.
> 
>   I have built some nice little routers with Debian 2.2.16
>   but management wants more and more and more.
>   Also, I understand that with netfilter I can do some
>   stateful packet filtering and maybe not leave so many
>   unpriveledged ports open.
> 
>   So I'm hankering to go to 2.4.x
>   questions:
> 
>   I like running from ramdisk, 16Mb for Files, 48Mb
>      for Linux.  In a router with a zillion things to do
>      very fast, ramdisk is very nice.  File system doesn't crash,
>      no swap partition.  Is that going to be significantly harder
>      to pull off with 2.4, i.e get all the stuff necessary for a router
>    into 16MB  ( takes about 8MB now ) ?
>   In a single processor system, do you pay any price for SMP.
>   Is it to early to go to 2.4 for a VPN router.
> 
>   Red Hat has 2.4 in their  7.1 .  They also use gcc 2.96.  Is
>      that a buggy 2.96 or have they fixed it.
>   I like dealing with Red Hat, paying for support can be good
>      sometimes.  I know a lot of people don't like Red Hat
>        and I haven't followed why.
>               Whoops, just noticed  RedHat 7.2 is out.   Including
>                           gcc 2.96-RH, gdb 5.0, glibc 2.2.4.
>           Is that good or bad?
> 
>      or
> 
>   I've gleaned that Mandrake is the new star with a lot of
>      people.  Don't know why that is either.  Do they
>      have any telephone support in the U.S. similar to
>      Red Hat or is it strictly email France.
> 
>   Assuming you think it's a good idea to go to 2.4
>   for a router, which distribution would you recommend
>   starting with.
> 
>   Thanks, Phil
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