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As of march 1st 2002 you can run it with the 2.4 kernal. it's a mini distro and is redhat 7.2 rpm compatible. has snort installed by default has an easy https web interface for people who don't want to mess with the cmd line. I have a couple of them going and so far they have been very nice to work with. I use one for my internet cafe and if there is a problem and of the staff can easily reset the internet connection from and nice text menu on the first console. The web interface make upgrading for bug/security patchs very easy and if there is anything you wanto add well if it will run on redhat 7.2 you can use the same rpms here. Features: Firewall Interruption detection with Snort Secure shell via SSH Banner ad blocking with Junkbuster PPTP VPN server (experimental) Web Server Apache web server Support for CGI and PHP SSL-enabled File Services Journalled file system with ext3 FTP server Windows file server AppleShare file server WebDAV support Printing Print server support Printer sharing for Samba/Windows networks Easy Configuration Web-based configuration Optional Webmin package Network Support DSL (including PPPoE) Cable Modem Internal DHCP server Caching nameserver Larry Offley Network Admin. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Dixon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "jeremy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Neil McKie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "David Hayes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 1:27 PM Subject: Re: Linux box as firewall > Unless you're really dedicated to using Linux, I'd really suggest you > reconsider something like OpenBSD. *BSD, in general, is much simpler and > elegant in design than Linux. This also makes *BSD systems much easier to > configure and tighten for firewalls. OpenBSD, in particular, is regarded > as one of the most secure OS's available, and runs on cheap commodity > hardware. I have an old P133 with 16 megs of RAM working as my 3 pronged > firewall gateway. It includes stateful packet inspection, VPN (isakmp), > and wireless support "out of the box" (no recompilation required). If you > wanted to try the same thing in Linux, you'd have to use a modern kernel > (2.4.x) for IPtables, recompiling for FreeSwan VPN (if you choose FreeSwan, > the likely choice for Linux VPN's) and wireless driver support. You might > find exceptions for the aforementioned items in some of the various > firewall mini-distro's, but it's highly unlikely you'll find all three. > > IPcop and SmoothWall, for example, while very easy to administer via web > interface, use the 2.2/IPchains kernel, which does NOT support stateful > inspection. In fact, I have yet to come across *any* firewall > mini-distro's that use the 2.4.x kernel. > > Just my $.02. > > -Jason > > At 03:22 PM 4/7/2002 -0700, jeremy wrote: > >IPCOP is a great firewall machine, easy to set up and very nice help on the > >mailing lists.... > > > >http://www.ipcop.org > > > >Jer > >Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. > >If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible > >for delivery of the message to such person), you may NOT copy, forward, > >CC, BCC or deliver this message to anyone. In such case, you should destroy > >this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please advise > >immediately > >if you do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, > >conclusions > >and other information in this message do not relate to the anyone other than > >the sender. > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Neil McKie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "David Hayes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 11:52 AM > >Subject: Re: Linux box as firewall > > > > > > > I have been using Smoothwall for over a year now and have been very > >pleased > > > with it. I have cable now but I had 56k when I first started using it. Its > > > extremely easy to setup and maintain. > > > > > > Other than Smoothwall, there are quite a few firewall orientated > > > mini-distros like it but IMO none of them are as good. > > > > > > You could also setup a Linux box using a normal distro like Slackware or > > > Debian and use iptables/chains. > > > > > > I have always liked Realtek as cheap and easy to use cards for Linux. But > > > you could always just use some old 10mb ISA (NE1000/2000 compat.). > > > > > > Any good serial modem should work with Linux (I think). Or get a good > >Lucent > > > chipset Internal modem. > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "David Hayes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 11:49 AM > > > Subject: Linux box as firewall > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I've got an old p150 with about 64Mb Ram hanging around that I'm going > >to > > > > set up as a firewall for when I get broadband. I have a few questions > >that > > > > hopefully somebody can answer > > > > 1. Whats the best distribution to use, I have had quite a bit of > > > experience > > > > with Linux but not for the last 4/5 years so I'm a bit out of touch. > > > > 2. I'll need a network card for the box, any reccomendations for a > > > > cheap(ish) card that will be easy to configure under linux > > > > 3. Until I get broadband I'll probably set it up so the Linux box dials > >my > > > > normal ISP, I've only got a cheap winmodem any reccomendations for a > >good > > > > modem to use with Linux > > > > Thanks for all your help > > > > David Hayes > > > > > > > > -- > > > > GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. > > > > http://www.gmx.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com >
