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Date:      Tue, 10 Oct 2000 23:40:10 -0300
From:      "Matt Rudderham" <matt@researcher.com>
To:        "Matt Rudderham" <matt@researcher.com>, "Doug Poland" <doug@polands.org>, "ListServer FreeBSD Questions" <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: kernel bloat
Message-ID:  <NDBBLEKOOLGIBFPGLFEKKEOPCEAA.matt@researcher.com>
In-Reply-To: <NDBBLEKOOLGIBFPGLFEKEEOPCEAA.matt@researcher.com>

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>Hi,
>
>I've just recompiled custom kernel to include
>firewall options IPFIREWALL, IPDIVERT,
>IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE, IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE=100,
>and ICMP_BANDLIM.
>
>My previous kernel was a slim, trim 1789667
>bytes. The new kernel is weighs in at a
>whopping 7121175 bytes!  That's 1.7MB to 7.1MB!
>
>Since this is a modest 80486 with only 20MB RAM,
>and it's sole purpose in life is to route, I'm
>trying to keep the kernel and the OS as unencumbered
>as possible.
>
>Is this kernel bloat the price I pay for packet
>filtering?  Will a 7.1MB kernel on a 20MB 486
>perform adequately as a router for a cable modem?
>
>Hmm, That does sound a little on the heavy side, I have many of those
>options compiled into mine, IPFIREWALL, etc.. all except the ICMP_BANDLIm
>which wouldn't be a bad idea come to think of it...
Which is why it's there by default and I left it without remembering, I do
have it after all:)
- Matt


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