If you really want a minimal router, the Linux Router Project looks good
and was featured in a zdnet article.  www.linuxrouter.org.  No hard drive,
just a boot floopy and some RAM.

I will eventually get to something like that I think.  Right now I need
something to route/firewall and that has enough resources to tinker with too.

Someday I will have a real Linux workstation. :^|

Alan

At 10:02 AM 8/1/00 -0700, you wrote:
>         A question I have…I hear that most distros of Linux install
>more than is necessary for a machine to be used solely for a
>firewall/router.  What at the minimum packages I’d need to install
>(using RH 6.1) so that I would have what it necessary to accomplish this? 
>Given RH’s “dependency check”, if I merely selected
>IPCHAINS, would it check to make sure I had everything else I needed
>(hardware support, etc.)?  I am, too, a newbie and am hacking away at this,
>but my machete needs a good sharpening…     TIA,  Tim    
>-----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Chacko [mailto:dave@chacko.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 8:33 AM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: Newbie firewall/masqarade/proxy confusion     Alan,    
>Another easily configurable firewall/masquerade solution would be
>Pmfirewall available from ftp.pointman.org www.pointman.org . This script
>configures ipchains for you with only a few question, and will run
>magnificently on linux. It can also be custom configured by an experienced
>user that wants a more custom firewall.     Dave Chacko          
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