best choice of kernel version for a new firewall

From: Brett (noreply_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/30/04 

Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 11:15:29 +1100

Hi,

I'm relatively new to linux and about to set-up a firewall for a small home
network. I use the debian distribution (woody) and about to compile a new
kernel (2.6.8) before I begin to set the thing up for it's main function.

Reading the kernel documentation, I notice that the stable debian
distribution doesn't include some of the minimum software requirements for
me to compile my kernel (things like, e2fsprogs, jfsutils etc.). I'm
wondering at this point whether I should be tracking down and installing
these newer software components and going for the latest (stable) kernel, or
just use an earlier kernel version to help ease the learning curve. I wanted
the newer kernel in the hope that it was more secure than the standard
Debian kernel.

What do people think?

Thanks in advance,
Brett.

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