Seattle Firewall Version 3.2.2

Installing Seattle Firewall on the Coyote LRP Distribution


These instructions assume that you already have a working Coyote disk. If you need Coyote, see http://www.coyotelinux.com.

Special thanks go to theadmin for helping me debug the original faulty instructions.

  1. Download the Seattle Firewall Coyote LRP file.
  2. Rename the file seawall.lrp and copy it to your Coyote boot disk.
  3. Reboot and log in as root.
  4. If lrcfg running, then stop it (enter "q").
  5. Edit /etc/coyote/packages and add seawall to the bottom of the list.
  6. With your boot disk in your floppy drive, type "mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt".
  7. At the linux prompt type "cd /"
  8. At the linux prompt type "zcat /mnt/seawall.lrp | tar -x"
  9. At the linux prompt type "umount /mnt"
  10. Start lrcfg and chose the b option to back up your changed configuration.
  11. When the backup completes, reboot your system.
  12. You can now configure Seattle Firewall as described in the configuration documentation . For a Coyote setup, you probably won't have to make changes other than those mentioned here to get things working. (Don't worry right now if your LRP box won't communicate with other systems.)
  13. To edit the various configuration files, start lrcfg if it isn't already running and select Package Settings (menu item 3), seawall (menu item 3 on my Coyote system) and then the number corresponding to the file that you wish to edit. (If you don't see seawall in the list of packages, then you didn't correctly edit /etc/coyote/packeges in step 5.)
  14. The first seawall menu item, Config, edits the file /etc/seawall.conf. Check to make sure that the network devices correspond to those selected in the lrcfg Network settings/Network Configuration (menu item numbers 1-1). For Coyote, the usual seawall.conf values are internet="eth0" (same as the Coyote IF_INET variable) and local="eth1" (same as the Coyote IF_LOCAL variable.)
  15. To see the effect of your changes, you do not need to reboot -- just type seawall restart at the Linux prompt. Try the command seawall monitor to see an ongoing report on Seawall's operation. You can terminate the monitoring with ctrl-C.
  16. Once you have the firewall working, be sure to save the RAMdisk copies of the Seattle Firewall configuration files to your boot floppy. To do this from the main lrcfg menu, type b.

Last updated 8/10/2000 - Tom Eastep