Take a look at the Firewall-HOWTO. It does a very good job of explaining the basics.
-- Jean Pierre On Wed, 25 Feb 1998, matthew tebbens wrote: > > To just filter packets for my own machine I would have to add ?: > > Network firewalls > IP: forwarding/gatewaying ?? > IP: firewalling > > Is forwarding/gatewaying required for filtering packets ? > Is forwarding/gatewaying required for masquerading ? > > Can someone be more specific on the definitions for: > > Network firewalls > IP: forwarding/gatewaying > IP: firewalling > IP: masquerading > IP: ipautofw masq support > IP: ICMP masquerading > IP: transparent proxy support (EXPERIMENTAL) > IP: always defragment > IP: accounting > > > Thanks, > Matthew > > > Listed below is the Kernel Networking section. > ---------------------------------------------- > Networking > Network firewalls > Network aliasing > TCP/IP networking > IP: forwarding/gatewaying > IP: multicasting > IP: syn cookies > IP: rst cookies > IP: firewalling > IP: firewall packet logging > IP: masquerading > Protocol-specific masquerading support will be built as modules. > IP: ipautofw masq support > IP: ICMP masquerading > IP: transparent proxy support (EXPERIMENTAL) > IP: always defragment > IP: accounting > IP: optimize as router not host > IP: tunneling > IP: multicast routing (EXPERIMENTAL) > IP: aliasing support > (it is safe to leave these untouched) > IP: PC/TCP compatibility mode > IP: Reverse ARP > IP: Disable Path MTU Discovery (normally enabled) > IP: Drop source routed frames > IP: Allow large windows (not recommended if <16Mb of memory) > --- > The IPX protocol > Appletalk DDP > Amateur Radio AX.25 Level 2 > Bridging (EXPERIMENTAL) > Kernel/User network link driver > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
