I would suggest taking another look at Astaro(Sophos). It does take more hardware but I think the trade is worth it. I use the commercial version at work and a few of the free versions at home and family members houses.
Thanks, Frank W. Baker II Sent from my iPhone On Apr 22, 2013, at 2:02 PM, Jason Drury <[email protected]> wrote: > Folks, > > I would like to setup an Internet security box for my home network for > firewalling, dhcp, IDS, web filtering, and possibly VPN. It has been a long > time since I've looked at the various Linux security distros that do this (I > think Astaro Security was the best choice back then). > > I did a few searches and it seems like there are a LOT of distros/products > available now. > > Here are just a few I came across: > > 1. Untangle - http://www.untangle.com/ > 2. Vyatta - http://www.vyatta.org/ > 3. Zentyal - http://www.zentyal.org/ > 4. Sophos UTM (formley Astaro) - > http://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-utm-home-edition.aspx > 5. Engarde Linux - http://www.engardelinux.org/ > 6. Smoothwall - http://www.smoothwall.org/ > 7. ClearOS - http://www.clearfoundation.com/Software/overview.html > > I do not care if it is gui or cli based. I would prefer something based on > Debian/Ubuntu, but not absolutely necessary. > > Does anyone have any experience with the above distros/products or could you > recommend something else you like? > > Thanks, > Jason > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com
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