<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1479" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=165064315-08012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>This has already been done. I wouldn't Fedora for this purpose anyways. Checkout DistroWatch. They have multiple listings for firewall/router distro's which already have been hardened/optimized for network traffic...</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=165064315-08012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=165064315-08012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><A href="http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=firewalls">http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=firewalls</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=165064315-08012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=165064315-08012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>-Don</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=165064315-08012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=165064315-08012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><A href="http://www.linuxtech.cc">www.linuxtech.cc</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=165064315-08012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=165064315-08012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Phil Brooks (Brooks Computer Solutions)<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, January 08, 2005 9:37 AM<BR><B>To:</B> For users of Fedora Core releases<BR><B>Subject:</B> Building kernel from scratch <BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ok so I want to create a router with as little amount of space used up as posible including PPTD and Firewall.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've got a sneaking suspision that when you install FC1 even if you use the custom options lots of unwanted programs get compiled into the kernel. Is it posible to cutdown the amount of unwanted programs which a compiled to kind of like streamline the kernel.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Once you have stream lined the kernel who do you create like a boot partion to boot the kernel?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Or am I completly on the wrong track and need shooting?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Phil</FONT></DIV><p></p><p>This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message. Any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited.</BODY></HTML>