Ok, this is probably a bit complicated.

I've got two network cards in the desktop that I just installed Slackware 10.0 on. As it is, I don't have much experience with linux - but this is a good excuse to get some, because I want to play around with it a little.

I need to figure out how to configure it to be a firwall and mailserver. 1 NIC will be plugged into my DSL modem. The other NIC will go to a linksys router for my LAN.

Maybe a few tutorials, or suggestions on which MAN pages to read would help. I don't know.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
David

man iptables
man sendmail

man iptables

is good as a reference, but not really as a starting
point I have to admit :)

Have a look at
http://www.linuxguruz.com/iptables/

As far as sending mail goes:
Slack comes with reasonably sane defaults for
sendmail, but may want to consider other products
like exim or postfix ...



Cheers,
Tink

good tutorials on www.iptables.org

he asked for suggestions of man pages to read. So I gave him some.

Thanks for the man pages - but yes, I'll have to agree. After looking at them, they aren't designed for beginners.

Thanks for the links. I'll see what I can find out, and maybe get something working here pretty soon.