Hi everyone, I've heard a lot about Debian and thought I would give it a try. I've been using RedHat on and off for a little while. Before I install I wanted to ask a few questions.
I would like to set up my system to be a firewall, router and do ppp for my home network. Basically I would like the linux box to automatically dial my isp whenever any of the computers on my home network wants to access the internet. Because of this I will need to do some routing and also want to make sure I'm protected from the hackers by doing some kind of firewall. Since this is all I want this machine to do (I have another machine that will sit behind the "firewall" for other things,) what packages do you suggest I install? Or maybe I should ask what packages I deffinitely do not want to install. I know there are some applications with security risks and since this machine will only be doing the above mentioned tasks I won't need everything, just the basics. Are there any gotchas or things I should before installing Debian? What types of installation methods are there with Debian? Server, workstation, custom? Thanks for your help and suggestions. Brian
