[ale] Linksys wget and maybe perl

[Jeff Hubbs]

On Mon, 2003-10-06 at 06:43, Geoffrey wrote:
> Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> > I may have to check it out if for no other reason than I'm getting
> > pretty disillusioned with Coyote Linux.  Inasmuch as it has been working
> > very well for me to date, I don't like the slow update cycle or the
> > specious documentation.  Newer versions have lost features from older
> > versions, for one thing, and even though it apparently uses ssh, there
> > were no updates when the recent ssh patches came out.  
> 
> I really have to say that it's not that much worse building your own 
> firewall.  Stick slack on a box, pick up Bob's book and go at it.  Sure, 
> it'll take some time, but you will learn a ton of stuff and you'll 
> actually understand how some of this stuff works.  Someone else 
> mentioned the book Linux Firewalls.  That's a good book too, but I find 
> Bob's to be more comprehensive, covering more of the subject matter.
> 
> Either way, once you build your firewall, test it.  That is a critical 
> step a lot of folks skip.

Sounds like what I should do.  I'm looking to doing more things like
allowing access to Web/app servers through a DMZ, etc., etc., so it
would be in my best interest to go ahead and start going down this road.

- Jeff