Thanks everyone for the info. I was able to get a copy of SmoothWall so I think I'll give it a go. If I find it limited I'll definately look into one of the many other suggestions.
I appreciate the tips. Doug On May 6, 2004 01:58 pm, Shawn Grover wrote: > I was at Mandrake's site a week or two ago, they still have the firewall > specific distro. They call it MNF (I think - for Multi Network Firewall). > It's supposed to be able to handle complex firewall and routing jobs. > Whereas some of the "floppy disk firewall" distros are relatively limited > in their capabilites. I would include IPCop in that list, however IPCop is > very robust and more than suitable for most small/medium businesses. > > Shawn > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Cameron Nikitiuk > Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 1:28 PM > To: CLUG General > Subject: RE: [clug-talk] Firewall Distro? > > > If I remember correctly, Mandrake had a firewall specific version a couple > versions back. I think I have a cop at home but I am not 100%. I will try > and remember to check at home and let you know. If I do, I can let you > know the details and burn a copy for you. > > I also have a few firewll distros at home from an comparison article they > did on firewalls. This was only a couple issues ago, so the versions > should be pretty recent. They include most of the suggestions that the > other have made here. I am sure I could for the Mandrake Firewall and > these other ones on a one or two CD's for u. > > Let me know > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Behalf Of Brian Horncastle > > Sent: May 6, 2004 12:59 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [clug-talk] Firewall Distro? > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >clug-talk mailing list > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > STOP MORE SPAM with the MSN Premium and get 2 months FREE* > > http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1 > > 034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
