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JohnWaller
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 14, 2003 6:47 pm    Post subject: Firewall USE Flags / Variables Reply with quote

Hello, I am building up a firewall box whose explicit purpose is NAT / Intrusion Detection with Webmin and netfilter / iptables with snortsnarf. I was wondering if anyone has done this and what USE Flags you would recommend (I am a minimalist). My box is pentium3. Thus far i have figured the USE variables to be:
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USE="-* acl crypt mmx sse ssl x86 tcpd pam xml perl snmp ldap samba"


Am i missing any? (I included ldap and samba for a shared storage solution -- may as well have a network share on the box as well :wink:)

If i start from stage 1, do i have to 'emerge system'? or can i just emerge the packages that will be used?

If this question has been asked/answered already i apologize.

John
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 4:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

One thing I like to do is before I emerge a program, I use the "-v" flag to see what USE flags are/are not used. I can't think of any additional USE flags you would need offhand, but I think using "-v" would be a good sanity check.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 17, 2003 2:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for the tip, i did not know about the -v option. I have added python to the above list as well, so I think thats about the minimum to get secure firewall/IDS functionality.
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