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As a side note.. i'm currently poking around looking how to implement a
simple packet filter (source address blocking to start with) in Minix.

Jon
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Paul Winix wrote:
> 
> Is it a good idea to use Minix as a firewall?
> Do we have enough tools to do that?
> (Like  masquerading, basic packet filtering, ...)
