--- "James Miller (office)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I understand that in the world of Linux network > security, generally older > = worser (more insecure). So, I see that Freesco, a > small Linux > gateway/router distro that seems to be actively > maintained, is using a > kernel from the 2.0.x line - 2.0.38 (I understand > that the most > recent 2.0.x kernel is 2.0.39). Is Freesco > considered an insecure > gateway/router distro because it uses this older > kernel line, or can it be > expected to provide adequate network security? What > would be the risks > involved in using such a distro? Would the security > savants on this list > recommend against using it? > > Thanks, James
Ihave used the freesco 0.2.7 router now for over 2 years. It is the easiest to setup for my purposes. I use it to NAT-share the internet on the home lan, for firewalling and as DHCP server for the lan. As I am denying any incoming ports (from the internet) it doesn't matter too much if the apps are uptodate or not.(apart from the netfilter of the kernel I guess) Neverless I configure them to run only on the local net. ( the s setting) There is an updated version 0.3.1 on their website now, but I had some stability problems with 0.3.0 and have been happy with the 0.2.7 version, so I stay with it. I have invited several linux savvy friend to hack into my router from the internet side and none of them has had any luck. You can configure most services as running on the local net only, so they won't be available to the internet. As long as you don't open holes by eg doing port forwarding it's pretty safe for my purpose as far as I can tell. If you want to export services through it like eg a web server or such I'd look for another solution, though. Cheers James N. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo http://search.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
