[SLUG] IRC Connection problems

[Jamie]

> I would be happy to do this.
> 
> I think it would be more useful to do a guided tour of basic TCP/IP
> networking
> first though. We can't talk about firewalls without mentioning ports,
> sockets, 
> TCP, UDP, ICMP, and TCP flags like SYN/ACK/PSH/RST/FIN.
> 
> None of these are in any way difficult to understand, but are vital to
> understanding firewall's. Maybe something like:
> 
> Part 1 : TCP/IP Network basics.
> Part 2 : Firewalls & Linux (using iptables)
> Part 3 : Firewalls++ (stateful firewalls, NAT etc)
> 
> would be the best way to cover this.
> 
> Understanding Part 1 would mean we could also talk about traffic
> shaping, queuing, policing etc, if anyone wanted to cover these pretty
> advanced networking features in the future.
> 
> What ya think?

Sounds good! Can I leave this with you then?

> 
> > Oh, and happy new year and all that..!
>  
> Happy Gnu Year! (sorry, couldn't resist :)

HaHa!

> 
> Gav
> 
>