Dachstein Installation Guide
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Dachstein Installation Guide
Richard
Lohman
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richard_lohman at users.sourceforge.net
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Revision History
Revision 0.1
2001-12-??
RL
Initial Release
Table of Contents
1. Conventions, Downloads, and ChangeLog
Conventions
Downloads
ChangeLog
2. Anatomy of a Dachstein Firewall
The Dachstein Floppy-Only Disk
The Dachstein CD
The Dachstein CD Boot Disk
The Booted Operating System
3. Linux Primer
The Lrcfg Script
File and Directory Attributes
Getting Around in the File System
Copying, Renaming and Deleting Files and Directories
Mounting and Unmounting Floppy Disks
Setting a Password
Rebooting the Firewall
Editing Files
4. Preliminary Installation
Preparing the PC
Verify System Requirements
Removing Unnecessary Components
Laptop Installation
Configuring the Network Adapters
Preparing the Disk
Floppy-only Distribution
Dachstein CD Distribution
Fill Out the Network Information Sheet
Initial Configuration
5. Adding Features to the Working Firewall
Modify your Firewall for a Static External IP Address
Modify your Firewall for a Static Internal IP Address
6. Firewall Operation
7. Modifying Your Existing Firewall
A. Backing Up
Backing Up the Firewall
Backing Up the Ramdisk
Other Options
Complete Example
Backing Up the Boot Disk
B. Resources
Web Sites (software and reference)
Learning More About Linux and Routing
List Servers
Books
HOWTO Documents
Subnet Calculators
C. Network Information Sheet
D. Laptop-Specific Issues
Preparing the PC
Configuring NICs
NIC Selection
Preparing the Disk
Initial Configuration
List of Tables
C.1.
External Interface Information
C.2.
Internal Interface Information
C.3.
Hostname/DNS Information
C.4.
Physical Interface Information