On Tuesday 19 November 2002 10:31 am, you wrote: > On 19 Nov 2002 09:55:20 -0700 Eric Katherman wrote: > > I want to create a firewall system that once built will boot from a CD > > and run from memory. > > Freesco ( http://www.freesco.org ) does that, but from a floppy disk > which can be write-protected. > > \\/ > http://www.wlindley.com "Gibraltar is a project that aims to produce a Debian GNU/Linux-based router and firewall package. This package will be bootable directly from a CD-ROM, so hard disk installation will not be necessary. This can actually be a security feature since modifying the filesystem won't be possible." http://www.gibraltar.at/ Rather than re-inventing the wheel, why not support an ongoing project? Dennis Kibbe