[mdlug] linux router

[David Relson]

On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:02:52 -0500 (EST)
Carl T. Miller wrote:

> allen wrote:
> > I've got an old system I plan to recycle as a router. I've been
> > doing a bit of digging and come across LRP and LEAF for the
> > software end of things. Beyond those two, and LRP seems to have
> > stopped further development, are there any other alternatives?
> 
> A simpler approach would be to take a Linux box, include two
> network cards and enable routing.  If you did this, you might
> want to use iptables as a firewall on either or both of the
> interfaces.
> 
> If you want to do this, netmasq provides an easy way to configure
> the firewall with iptables.  http://www.carltm.com/netmasq/
> 
> c

I started using netmasq some years ago because its setup is clean
and straightforward and lets me know exactly which ports are
enabled.  I've been using it for at least 7 years now (as
timestamps /etc/netmasq/RCS show commits in Oct 2000).

Regards,

David