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Kernel Source :: Kernel Drivers :: Kernel Filesystem Patches :: Boot Loaders :: Application Software :: Linux IPSEC Links :: Related Projects

Kernel Source

• Linux kernel source main page: http://www.kernel.org
  • US mirror for source: http://kernel.netnitco.net/linux/kernel/
  • another US mirror: http://www.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/
  • crypto patches are not needed for kernel 2.4.22 and newer, as the crypto code is integrated into those kernels
• Linux Kernel 2.6 Links
  • Halloween document - http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/docs/post-halloween-2.6.txt
  • udev (devfs replacement)
    • FAQ - http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev-FAQ

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Kernel Drivers

• Host AP
  • bridges between Prisim II chipset 802.11 cards and other networks)
  • Original software
    • http://hostap.epitest.fi/
  • Other pages about the Host AP software
    • http://www.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/HostApMode
    • http://trekweb.com/~jasonb/articles/hostap_20021012.shtml
    • http://student.bii.a-star.edu.sg/~tanyh/How-To-wirelessAP.html
    • http://www.xs4all.nl/~hreuver/net4501.html
• User Mode Linux
  • download page
  • HTML HOWTO
  • text HOWTO
  • Jeff Dike's UML Diary
• Kernel Preempt patch - for 2.4 series kernels, by Robert Love. The 2.6 series kernels already have this patched merged into the kernel source tree.
  • Other Robert Love kernel patches

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Kernel Filesystem Patches

• Enterprise Volume Management System (EVMS) - see my Linux HowTos.LogicalVolumeManagement page for links and kernel/userspace installation details
• Linux NTFS Drivers
  • download page
• NTFS-3G

  • see also Captive application below

• SquashFS - read-only compressed filesystem, based on cramfs but compresses inodes and other file allocation structures as well as the files themselves
  • download page
• e2compr - transparent compression for ext2 filesystems
  • download page
• cramfs - compressed filesystem
  • download page
• cloop drivers - (hosted by Knoppix) compressed loopback files, used by LNX BBC and GoboLinux
• shfs - shell filesystem, mount network shares securely via SSH
  • download page
• ovlfs - overlay filesystem
  • download page
• captive - NTFS driver for Linux

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Boot Loaders

• syslinux by H. Peter Anvin
  • http://syslinux.zytor.com/
    • Syslinux FAQ
    • Syslinux config directives
    • Syslinux DISPLAY directives
  • ISOLINUX
• U-Boot
  • http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot
  • http://u-boot.sourceforge.net/

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Application Software

• fblogo - Linux Kernel Framebuffer logo generator
  • homepage: http://freakzone.net/gordon/
  • see also the section on Making and Using fblogo on the LinuxKernelFrameBufferLogo page
• Busybox - the Swiss Army Knife of Embedded Linux
  • http://www.busybox.net/
  • Downloads
  • thread comparing busybox shells - from the busybox mailing list archives
  • Other related projects:
    • tinylogin, a tiny login program - http://tinylogin.busybox.net/
    • udhcp, a small DHCP client - http://udhcp.busybox.net/
    • ulibc, a much smaller implementation of C libraries on Linux - http://www.uclibc.org/
• SQLite - lightweight SQL database
  • http://www.sqlite.org
  • Explanation of SQLite datatypes
  • See also StreamCast.StreamDb, which may end up using SQLite as a backend database at some point in the future.

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System Binaries

• iptables (netfilter)
• iwconfig & iwpriv (wireless tools)
  • http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ftp/contrib/
• brctl (bridging)
  • http://bridge.sourceforge.net/download.html
• ssh client and server
• dhcpd
• bind 8/9
• perl
• micro_httpd, mini_httpd, thttpd
  • http://www.acme.com/software/

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Linux IPSEC Links

• Paper from LinuxTAG on the current state of affairs for IPSEC on Linux. The paper was given in June of 2004.
• FreeSWAN - (NOTE: no longer maintained)
  • Source
    • [http://www.freeswan.org/download.html]
  • Add-on patches
    • [http://www.freeswan.org/freeswan_trees/freeswan-1.99/doc/web.html#patch]
    • X.509 certificates - http://www.strongsec.com/freeswan/
  • Interoperability guide
    • [http://www.freeswan.org/freeswan_trees/freeswan-1.99/doc/interop.html]
  • Installation Guide
    • [http://www.freeswan.org/freeswan_trees/freeswan-1.99/doc/install.html]
• OpenSWAN
• StrongSWAN
• Linux port of the BSD KAME IPSEC tools
• IPSEC information contained in the IPRoute2 HOWTO
• OpenVPN - a SSL-based VPN solution

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Related Projects

• Progeny Linux
  • Progeny Componentized Linux
  • Progeny Discover - hardware discovery
• Debian GNU/Linux
  • Debian Reference Manual - has information on Debian's boot process, package management
• Knoppix
  • Knoppix Source Tarball Archive
• Damn Small Linux
  • Homepage: http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/index.html
• MoviX?
  • Homepage: http://movix.sf.net/
  • Linux Journal article on building MoviX

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