Thanks for the confirmation, Julian.
I thought it would but the Debian package dependency list has all the
other kernel flavours listed except sparc.
I''m looking forward to using Shorewall. It''s the most user
friendly
firewall software I''ve come across. The two example firewalls included
are a real step in the right direction to helping to get you up and
running. The documentation is also laid out in a way that is easy to
understand.
John
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shorewall-users-bounces+john=hedge.com.au@lists.shorewall.net
> [mailto:shorewall-users-bounces+john=hedge.com.au@lists.shorewall.net]
On> Behalf Of Julian Church
> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 11:33 PM
> To: shorewall-users@lists.shorewall.net
> Subject: Re: [Shorewall-users] ultra/debian/sun4u
>
> Hi John
>
> On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 22:39:54 +1000, John Hedge <john@hedge.com.au>
wrote:>
> > Can anyone tell me if shorewall will run on an ultra/debian/sun4u?
> >
>
> I''m sure Tom will correct me if I''m wrong but AFAIK
Shorewall consists
> entirely of shell/iptables scripts and contains no platform specific
> binaries. Basically, if your system runs any fairly standard bourne
shell,> and supports the iptables command (which is part of the netfilter
system),> you should be OK. The fact that you''re running Debian means
you''re
almost> certainly OK.
>
> Full details at:
>
> http://www.shorewall.net/shorewall_prerequisites.htm
>
> regards
>
> Julian
>
>
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