linux routers

[Eric Rossiter]

Jeremy Fowler wrote:
> 
> I would start with Redhat 7.2 instead of 7.0, it has many new features that 7.0
> doesn't, plus 7.0 had quite a few bugs in it. I would recommend compiling a
> 2.4.14 kernel (2.4.16 is out, but just), with support for ext3
> www.uow.edu.au/~andrewm/linux/ext3/ (down at the moment, probably due to
> everyone wanting the new patch for 2.4.16), LIDS http://www.lids.org/, and
> Iptables 1.2.4 http://netfilter.samba.org/. I would then highly recommend
> PortSentry, LogSentry, and HostSentry from Psionic's Abacus Project
> http://www.psionic.com/abacus/, Nmap http://www.insecure.org/nmap/, and Snort
> http://www.snort.org. Also these websites have some pretty good documentation
> and other resources that will be invaluable when setting up.
> 

Hi Jeremy,

Thanks a lot for your reply.  Yes, we are going to implement the 2.4
kernel.  I will begin my research on the other apps you mentioned.

Thanks again,
Eric