2.4.20 kernel patched with the latest grsecurity patch (1.9.9h). UPX must now be used with the -f flag to compress the kernel.

2.4.20 kernel patched with ebtables(V2.0.003) and last br-nf(V0.0.10) patch. The ebtables.lrp package provides the ebtables userland program which is used to make filtering rules for a Linux-based Ethernet bridge. You will have to remove Shorewall from your configuration if you want to use this facility. This is untested. I would really appreciate some feedback!

Shorewall updated to latest version 1.4.2

Superfreeswan (1.99.6.2 version) now provided in lieu of freeswan. It is the 1.99 version of freeswan patched for x509 support (0.9.28 version), NAT-traversal (0.5a) and Notification/delete patches from Mathieu Lafon and crypto patches from JJ Ciarlante. Jeff Newmiller deserves a special thanks for helping me to have the userland programs compiled under debian/slink !

bug in /etc/bin/df corrected: arguments were ignored.

pump.lrp updated to version 0.8.14-2

/etc/pump.shorewall modified. It does not start Shorewall anymore since /etc/init.d/shorewall is doing it.

pcmcia.lrp updated to version 3.2.4

New pcmcia_hostap.lrp and pcmcia_wlan.lrp packages to be used as a replacement of pcmcia.lrp for an easy configuration of your pcmcia cards in hostap mode or using the Prism2 wlan-ng driver. Do not forget to rename it pcmcia.lrp after download!

iptables.lrp updated to version 1.2.8

ulogd.lrp updated to version 1.0

sysklogd now starts from /etc/rcS.d. Otherwise initial pump output was not logged to debug. As a consequence hostname.sh is also being started in /etc/rcS.d

New devices now created: par[0,..,2], lp[0,..,2], ttySLT and net/tun

A minor bug has been corrected in the conf file of bridge.lrp

Host AP drivers for Intersil Prism2/2.5/3 from http://hostap.epitest.fi updated with the latest 0.0.2 version (4 May 2003). They are in the Bering modules directory

Drivers for Intersil Prism2/2.5/3 from http://www.linux-wlan.org uptaded to version 0.1.16 and are avalailable in the Bering modules directory.

New wlan-ng.lrp package for an easy configuration of wlan interfaces from the /etc/interfaces file.

New wireless.lrp package for an easy configuration of wireless interfaces from the /etc/interfaces file.

Atmel drivers (version 2.1.1) are now provided.

New chapters in the user's guide:

Thanks for these contributions!

2.4.20 kernel patched with grsecurity 1.9.9c

shorewall updated to version 1.3.14

shorewall output now done to /var/log/shorewall.log by default through ulogd daemon (provided in ulogd.lrp)

freeswan (1.99 version) ipsec is patched for x509 support and now includes NAT-traversal and Notification/delete patches from Mathieu Lafon

tinylogin updated to version 1.4

bug in /etc/cron.daily/multicron-d corrected

clean-up in etc.lrp to get in sync with Bering-ulibc. In particular a new /etc/syslog.conf file

df command fixed to take care of post 2.4.18 kernels

Minor cleanup's in pump.lrp and weblet.lrp

shorewall updated to version 1.3.10

pcmcia-cs updated to version 3.2.3

freeswan/ipsec updated to version 1.99

Bering winimage now generated in English :-)

Typo corrected in /usr/sbin/lrcfg.back.script. Partial backups should now work OK

/dev/nftla added to /var/lib/lrpkg/root.mount to fix a problem when trying to boot from DoC

new kernel config file to allow for mount usbdevfs and large routing tables

2.4.18 kernel now patched with grsecurity 1.9.5 and customized configuration

shorewall updated to version 1.3.9b

tinylogin updated to version 1.2

ifupdown updated to version 0.6.4.4. New options allow to setup mtu, hwaddress and label for a given interface

tc.lrp package removed from the Bering floppy to the Bering packages download area

iptables now provided as an iptables.lrp package to ease updates

wtmp now generated in /var/log. last command now works OK.

/usr/bin/savelog fixed - gzip now works for log files

change group from adm to wheel in rotatelogs() savelog statement: the content of /var/log can now be viewed from weblet

/etc/passwd, /etc/shadow and /etc/groups cleaned up. New users added: sshd and squid

zebra related services added to /etc/services

sshd commented out in inetd.conf

xargs added to busybox to allow dhclient to stop cleanly with ifdown

Some bug fixes in POSIXness.mail and lrcfg.back

Bug in /etc/cron.daily/multicron-d corrected: $PATH variable must be redefined for several function to work under cron

HOSTNAME defined also in /etc/cron.d/multicron otherwise won't be used within multicron-d functions

Bug in /usr/sbin/lrcfg.back.script corrected to allow proper working of partial backups

New checkfreespace function in /etc/cron.daily/multicron.d which allows space to be checked on multiple directories

/dev/nftla devices have now the proper major number. /linuxrc patched to allow booting from Disk-on-Chip devices. Thanks to Brad Fritz for his contribution on this and his excellent new chapter of the Bering user's guide !

Some Bering packages have been updated: pcmcia.lrp (V3.2.1) and ipsec.lrp (1.9.8b) which also corrects some bugs

New packages are available: ntpdate.lrp (4.0.1), a time server client and ntpsimpl.lrp (4.0.1) which provides the ntpd daemon.

Host AP drivers for drivers for Intersil Prism2/2.5/3 from http://hostap.epitest.fi (hostap-2002-10-12) avalailable in the Bering modules directory

drivers for Intersil Prism2/2.5/3 from http://www.linux-wlan.org (linux-wlan-ng.0.1.15) avalailable in the Bering modules directory. Userland programs are now packaged in wlan-ng.lrp

Donald Becker network drivers are now in the Bering modules directory

A full new chapter available in the Bering installation guide about "System configuration"

Three new chapters available in the Bering user's guide about "Setting time in Bering", "the mail and cron facilities and "Installing and booting Bering from a M-System Disk-on-Chip

Bering now supports apm and vlan as modules. New netfilter modules provided for H323, pptp, sftp and talk.

Bering kernel now patched with grsecurity v1.9.4. Kernel compiled with "medium" level.

Shorewall updated to latest 1.3.1 version with the June 15, 2002 errata.

Busybox updated to 0.60.3: saves 10k and ls command output is now in colour :-)

root.dev.mk updated to create mtd, nftla1->4, lp0, lp1 devices for DoC and parallel printer support

In /lib/POSIXness, POSIXness.text removed, POSIXness.mail corrected (thanks to K.P. Kirchdörfer), POSIXness.system cleaned-up and POSIXness.linuxrouter modified so that lrpkg -i /anydir/package.lrp can work.

/etc/passwd and /etc/group updated so that qmail.lrp can now work out of the box

bridge scripts in bridge.lrp fixed

syslinux updated to version 1.75

weblet.lrp updated: sh-httpd has GID 10 (wheels) to be able to run with grsecurity patch. Correction for layout problems in viewsys and viewnet. Display of statistiscs improved using the "ip -s link show" command. Memory check changed: now only the memory in the tmpfs and dev/root are checked. Mounted floppies and cdroms are ignored.

User's guide updated to revision 0.3. with some editing. Also now available as pdf file in the Bering download area.

Installation guide updated to revision 0.7. Also available as pdf file in the Bering download area.

Bering now support IPSEC (Freeswan - version 1.97) as a module. ipsec.lrp & ipsec509.lrp packages available. Thanks to Chad Carr <[email protected]> for his great work!

Bering now support pptp tunnels. Kernel was patched accordingly and pppd daemon as well

Bering can now boot from a CD-Rom. The result of a great team work involving Luis F. Correia <[email protected]>, Allen Hillery <[email protected]> and Chritian Hostelet <[email protected]>. Luis also wrote a new section of the Bering user's guide explaining how to create the CD-Rom.

Shorewall updated to latest 1.2.12 version. Parameterized two-interfaces setup removed and replaced by the new two-interfaces sample from Tom. The Bering's installation manual about Shorewall has been completely rewritten.

PCMCIA kernel mode removed. We now go for pcmcia_cs package and modules. Seems more robust and also support PCI/PCMCIA bridge

Last version (2.21) of the e3 editor now provided

Kernel now compiled with serial support (by popular demand :-))

Busybox mount command now works for NFS volumes

iptables updated with the last 1.2.6a version

User's guide updated to revision 0.2. with five new chapters and many updates !

Installation guide updated to revision 0.5.

Updated with the 2.4.18 linux kernel which fixes the Netfilter/IRC bug. Support is now provided for Appletalk and IPX through appropriate modules

Shorewall updated version 1.2.9. Allows now MAC addresses filtering

iptables updated with the last 1.2.5 version

lrcfg.back.script updated with the most recent version from Dachstein which allows partial backup and adatped to work without ctar. Backup problems experienced in beta-4 should be gone. Eric spent quite some time on this one :-).

New pcmcia.lrp packages (tested and more compact and with a more detailed documentation).

Documentation updated to revision 0.4.

ifupdown program adapted to only use ip addr and ip route commands. ifconfig removed

Shorewall updated to latest 1.2.6 version

arp program added to /sbin to have proxy-arp working with Shorewall (thanks to Yvo Nelemans for noticing this)

Beta2 /usr/sbin/lrcfg.back.initrd script restored. Automatic computation of INITRD_SIZE in beta3 was buggy

Loading of modules stored in /boot/lib/modules right after initrd is mounted is now working properly

ctar removed following a suggestion by S. Caron

The pcmcia.lrp configuration list is no more broken

Some clean-up in weblet.lrp

Documentation updated to revision 0.3.

The distribution has now a name: Bering !

Kernel 2.4.16 updated. Includes now support for Hard disks, DOC, ext2/ext3/reiserfs filesystems, PPPOA, IPV6

Shorewall updated to latest 1.2.5 version

Winimage floppy image now available for Windows users

INITRD_SIZE parameter removed: /usr/sbin/lrcfg.back.initrd now computes optimal size of INITRD filesystem

/etc/init.d/netbase removed and replaced by /etc/init.d/inetd. Portmap will be provided as a separate package.

Some clean-up in the /etc/init.d RCDLINKS= parameters to comply with Debian/Woody

Supplemental packages available providing openssh, pcmcia, ppp (with active-filter enabled) and wireless support. Check the Bering packages directory.

Pump.lrp recompiled with proper options and /etc/shorewall.pump script corrected. Also /etc/init.d/pump script removed: Pump fully controlled by ifup/down

libnsl.so removed (and tcpd and sshd recompiled accordingly). Save about 10K (compressed).

/usr/sbin/ticker replaced by a shell script (Thanks Ray !). Save 1,3K (compressed)

Documentation updated to revision 0.2. Thanks to L. Avants, T. Eastep & L. Platzek for their suggestions !

Kernel 2.4.16 now used. New kernel config file. Includes in particular support for PCMCIA, PPP, PPP/PPPOE, ISDN, USB and bridging

Use shorewall 1.2.2 allowing among many other things traffic shapping & blacklisting

Pump (0.8.11-3) being used as default DHCP/BOOTP client to save disk space (dhclient.lrp still OK)

networking script now fully debian/sid compatible. Dachstein's /etc/network.conf, /etc/ipchains.conf and /etc/init.d/network files/scripts completely removed

ifconfig (1.4.2) and ifupdown (0.6.4) available

new applets in bbox library (0.60.2)

new version of iproute2 (010824). tc patched to allow for HTB queuing discipline

bridge now available as a separate package. Provides brctl from bridge-utils (0.9.4)

ppp.lrp and pppoe.lrp provided in the standard distro for serial/modem and adsl/pppoe connections. pppoe.lrp provides the PPPoE 2.4.16 kernel plugin. The ppp daemon is the 2.4.1 version patched for kernel mode PPPoE available here.

pon, poff and plog scripts provided in ppp.lrp for ppp on demand.

weblet.lrp modified to handle iptable output. Do not need netstat anymore

first draft of installation guide available (what your are reading now)