-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi,
I am looking at options for setting up a Linux firewall for our company. Although I am a relative newbie to Linux, I'm not afraid to get my 'hands dirty' with IPTables etc. I have a couple of questions and would appreciate all comments. 1) Is it better to use a purpose built distribution such as Smoothwall, IPCop or firewall specific ones from Redhat, Mandrake, SuSE etc, or, would it be better to use a standard distro & built it from scratch (bearing in mind I haven't yet recompiled a kernel but I'm willing to give that a go too)? 2) If building from scratch, kernel version 2.4 supports both ipchains & iptables (newer)- does anyone have a strong view on using one over the other? If using a purpose built one, does anyone have any experienced based preferences? 3) Other than just suggesting to do a google search, are there any resources (a simple step by step howto would be good) you would recommend for the suggested approach? All help greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Leon -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 7.0.4 iQA/AwUBPaoQ+23X5duwk+XvEQKyUQCfcI+YuA2CoEgTKPdMkacPHhc0MWQAoKid reavCfqXEnT7pygVQ+8nO9P4 =kL3I -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
