It is possible to get Linux installed a route and more on a 420 MB drive.
However it can become a little cramped and (if not partitioned properly) be
taken out by log floods. It is very feasible and I'm sure that some of the
people on this list are running something very similar for their firewall
configurations. Personally, I have a few other items, like development
sources, (I'm sure many of them are not needed) installed on my firewall,
and my used space is 478MB without swap.
As for a definitive source for setting up a firewall, I've read the IP Masq
HOWTO found here:
http://www.linuxdocs.org/IP-Masquerade-HOWTO.html
I also referred to the Trinity OS manual found here:
http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~dranch/LINUX/index-linux.html
Hope this is of some help.
Jamin W. Collins
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Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 12:17 PM
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Subject: Linux firewall/router on 420M drive? Plus other questions...
I want to setup a Linux firewall/router to share my internet connection
between several
computers. Problem is, I only have an old 420meg harddrive to use (rest of
system is Cyrix 166
w/64meg RAM). Is this possible?
I have minimal experience with RH6.2 and have no experience with ipchains.
If this is
possible, it will definitely be a learning experience.
A couple other questions:
1) Is it possible to run this box with no vid card? I might not have a vid
card for it, so I'd
like to completely remote-administer it.
2) Will the linux firewall/router add latency to online gaming? I game
online a decent amount
and don't want to hinder that performance.
3) Is there a definitive source on linux firewalls and/or ipchains?
4) How much space does an apache install require? How about sendmail? I'd
love to have these
on this box as well, but realize it may be impossible.
I know I have more questions, but can't think of them right now. This will
get me started,
anyway...
Jason
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