Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] IPTables NAT module broken in DL 1.2 ?

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

On Mon, September 3, 2007 15:04, Jasper Siepkes wrote:
> Hmmmm...
>
>
> Well I'm going to use DL as a firewall/gateway (shorewall, *Swan, Squid,
> etc.). And IMHO 2.6 is more volatile then 2.4. Take this for example:
> http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1356 . Don't get me wrong; I use
> 2.6
> for plenty of production servers. But for the hub of my network I prefer
> 2.4. I want something rocksolid and I don't need any of the new features
> in 2.6. So I ask myself (and you guys :-) ) what is the gain for me ?
>
>
> Of course I could be terribly ignorant :) So please share any opinions
> you guys have on this subject.

I fully agree with you.
Our main problem which is coming up more and more is hardware
compatibility. The 2.4 Kernel is rock solid, but the drivers are getting a
little outdated.
Don't get me wrong, it'll be a while until we have DL 1.3 where we want
it, so 1.2 will be around for a little bit.

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Regards
  Heiko Zuerker
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