Hi Doug,
Debian, Slackware, or Gentoo would be my suggestion... Don't install any packages you don't need (i.e. XWindows and the like). You just need to set up your network interfaces and IPTables. :-)
If you are looking for something *easy* (but not necessarily elegant) you could go with Red Hat / Fedora as there is a firewall wizard. The same goes for Mandrake, and I would imagine Suse (using YAST).
Brian H.
From: Doug Boyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: CLUG General <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: CLUG General <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [clug-talk] Firewall Distro? Date: Thu, 06 May 2004 12:27:11 -0600
Hey guys,
I'm looking to use an old Dell PII350 128MB, 4.3GB as a firewall between my server and shaw. Linux is supposed to be ideal for this so I thought I'd give it a try.
Just looking for suggestions on which distro is ideal for this purpose. I realize that any version of linux could be used, but I'm looking for a tailored/secure linux distro designed to be used as a firewall.
Thanks,
Doug
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