So Gustin, could you do an IpCop-pfsense presentation, and i would chew myself into Endian and have these three firewall/router distros presented in a full presentation sometimes in April maybe ?
Cheers Szemir On January 3, 2007 11:52, Gustin Johnson wrote: > That sounds like a good idea. I am also very familiar with IPCop (I > have several in production at client sites), so I could also present > that as well. At least there will be a token attempt to stay on topic :) > > One hurdle we seem to keep bumping into on the lists is networking > fundamentals. The idea I have is still somewhat nebulous, but I was > thinking of a Networking Workshop, focusing on FOSS at the various > points on a given network. This is a big topic (firewalls, routers, > switching, border defense, IPS/IDS, VPNs, etc.) so we may want to narrow > the focus a little. > > Just a thought. > > Cheers, > > bogi wrote: > > It sure looks very capable, maybe we could do a presentation on it in the > > near future, I know, it is not linux, but it is open source for sure :-) > > It looks like a fork of m0n0, only double the functionality, very > > intresting. > > > > I have also stumbled yesterday upon a Endian firewall, > > http://www.endian.it/en/community/ > > Yes i know it is Italian, just got the iso yesterday, will give it a > > whirl and tell you more about it. We could stitch a full presentation of > > these 2 firewalls including the extra features and a live demo of both > > one of those days. > > > > Cheers > > Szemir > > > > On January 3, 2007 02:25, Gustin Johnson wrote: > >> I find pfsense to be more elegantly designed than IPCop. IPCop is good > >> for a generic firewall/router, but I find it very awkward to customize > >> it beyond the default install. IPCop's shortcomings become quite > >> evident when you have a bunch to manage. Plus outbound filtering > >> requires a mildly clumsy hack with ipcop, not so with pfsense. > >> > >> Pfsense also does failover (it can handle two concurrent ISPs), it can > >> also cluster for HA, all out of the box. These are things that IPCop > >> cannot do. > >> > >> Mitchell Brown wrote: > >>> I find that the firewall configuration in m0n0wall is more convoluted > >>> then in IPCop. It doesn't open ports automatically, etc. It's just > >>> clumsy imho. > >>> > >>> On 1/2/07, Gustin Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> While both are excellent Open Source projects, neither really fits as a > >>> presentation for the Calgary *LINUX* Users Group :) > >>> > >>> Interestingly enough, I prefer pfsense to IPCop, I have a box that can > >>> be used as a demo. Maybe better for a show'n tell meeting. > >>> > >>> Mitchell Brown wrote: > >>>>>> PFSense? m0n0wall? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Monowall, while cumbersome to install, is amazing. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On 1/2/07, Shawn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>>> IPCop was presented last May - http://www.clug.ca/node/413 > >>>>>> > >>>>>> It hasn't really changed much since then, so I personally think a > >>>>>> different presentation is in order... :) > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Shawn > >>>>>> > >>>>>> bogi wrote: > >>>>>>>>> I think IpCop definitely deserves a good presentation, it has > >>>>>>>>> been quite the time since we had a firewall or networking > >>>>>>>>> presentation. I would also go into installing extra modules onto > >>>>>>>>> IpCop for content filtering and Parenting purposes, yep, kids are > >>>>>>>>> getting older ... > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> clug-talk mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > >>> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > >>> **Please remove these lines when replying > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> clug-talk mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > >> **Please remove these lines when replying > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> clug-talk mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > >> **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
