Hello all! For those of you who missed last night's meeting, I must say - you missed a GREAT meeting. Not only did we have a very full house, but the talk went very well. Frank and Devin covered building a Firewall with Linux under kernel 2.2.x very well - lot's of great examples and lot's of why-you-hafta-do-what-you-do tips and tricks. If you went and missed the URL of the talk page, or if you weren't able to attend and are curious to get some pointers on getting started, check out: http://www.nblug.org/firewall/ If you found last night's talk enjoyable, you'll be happy to know that Frank and Devin are talking about doing a second talk that will more fully cover the new features in kernel 2.4.x for firewalling, especially the state-full packet inspection. Stay tuned for an update about that. Also, as a reminder, we've got an InstallFest happening on this Saturday, the 17th starting at 10AM. There is also a computer show at the SoCo Fairgrounds, so this is a great opportunity to go grab a new computer (or the rest of the parts you need to put together an old one) and bring it on over to Sebastopol (full directions are on our web site...see below) and get assistance installing Linux on it. You don't have to have a computer to install to stop by on Saturday - just come by to say hi or ask a question you may have. We'll have lot's of folks to help out. If you WOULD like help installing a machine, please do us the favor of registering at the site: http://www.nblug.org/installfest/ Hope to see you all on Saturday! -Dustin -- Founder & President The North Bay Linux Users' Group http://www.nblug.org/ dustin(a)nblug.org