[gentoo-user] Re: [OT router advice] a router capable of detailed logs

[James]

Harry Putnam <reader <at> newsguy.com> writes:


> All good, except then you have to muck around with iptables.  I once
> knew a bit about that when it first replaced ipchains in linux
> distros... thats' been yrs ago, and I've completely forgotten whatever
> I may have learned back then.

Hello Harry,

These links may provide the theoretical information
you seek, for logging on an embedded linux device.

http://www.netfilter.org/projects/conntrack-tools/index.html

http://conntrack-tools.netfilter.org/


However, this is not a painless path, but one full
of reward and fine_grain control of logging information.

hth,
James