Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 3 Dec 2001 19:12:13 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 3 Dec 2001 19:06:13 -0500 Received: from gap.cco.caltech.edu ([131.215.139.43]:417 "EHLO gap.cco.caltech.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 3 Dec 2001 09:40:05 -0500 Message-Id: <5.0.2.1.0.20011203150703.01fd14c8@pop.mail.yahoo.fr> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0.2 Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2001 15:07:55 +0100 To: mlist-linux-kernel@nntp-server.caltech.edu From: Romain Giry Subject: problem with designing network modules Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello, I'm a french student who is doing his master in Italy and to conclude my studies, i must do a these whose purpose is very close to designing a firewall for Linux (i mean). I should do a module for linux that allows the user to switch the physical device at run-time. In a first time this should be done by user commands and later the module should decide himself to switch the physical device (when for example the device is down or not really effective - the final purpose is to be used under palm and different wireless devices..). All for all, it's equal to design a new layer between the link and the physical layer, as a firewall does... My problem is that it's really difficult to find any documentations ( especially to know which functions i should use and by the same time how can i design a firewall for linux) and for the moment i'm reading the linux sources, which is not really easy... That's why i would be very great if anybody can tell me where i can find such a documentation (under the net or in books - i can buy them...) and any mailing-list because it's always very usefull. Thanks for any comments and if you have any idea of how designing it, i'm free to any remarks and advices, Romain Giry. romain_giry@yahoo.fr or romain.giry@free.fr (prefered) ps : sorry for my english and i hope i've been enough clear. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/