Specifications

pppoed DSL support
fasfw FAS net filter script
syslogd Daemon for system logging
iptables Packet filter
cron and logrotate Rotation of local log files
To complete the range of services offered on the firewall, the following soft-
ware packages are also available on the Live CD, but use them at your own
risk.
cipe VPN tunnel software
pptpd MS VPN tunnel server (point-to-point tunneling protocol daemon)
cron Daemon use to run commands on a set schedule, normally used for
log rotation.
ippl IP protocols logger (portscan logger)
scanlogd Portscan logger
ipvsadm Linux Virtual Server (to configure the load balancer contained in
the kernel)
snmpd To display interface statistics
sockd Dante server, Socks v4/v5 server (proxy)
zebra, ospf6d, ospfd, bgpd, ripd, ripngd Routing software (e. g., for BGP
and OSPF)
All these programs are Open Source software. On the SuSE Live CD for Fire-
wall, all processes run in chroot environments. To increase the security of the
system even more, compartment is used for the Linux kernel contained on
the Live CD (2.4.18).
116 Services on the Firewall