Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4237 mails)

[Ted Hilts <thilts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is there a package or guide that will focus on using 9.1 pro as a 
combination gateway/router with port forwarding and chains to enable 
visibility between some of the LAN machines and the internet as well as 
other networks?  I also want to have SAMBA, TELNET, rlogin, and other 
network and file system features on this same machine.  I have a 
Slackware installation that has been customized to do this. But now I 
want to move this functionality over to a SuSe 9.1 installation in the 
hopes that future upgrades won't require an installation from scratch as 
I am now facing with my 6.4 and 6.2 SuSe installations.

A second related question is where are the rules and rules syntax used 
to set up port forwarding and chains. Are they universal or do they vary 
with the distribution and packages?

A third related question is: what amount of disk space can I expect this 
setup to take.  An educated guess would be an acceptable answer.


Thanks, TED