> I would like to replace my IPCop router with an Ubuntu Command line > system to which I can then add some additional functionality such as VPN > server, but the major hurdle is that Ubuntu does not provide an easy GUI > to administer the server. The only web based GUI that I am aware of is > Landscape by Canonical, which however is not released under GNU. Another > tool is Webmin, however I have heard it is not recommended.
I was in your boat almost a year ago. ipCop and Smoothwall didn't cut it--and none of the other firewall distributions did it either. For a few weeks I tried setting up a firewall from scratch--but realized it would just take waaay too much of my time to maintain it or tweak it. I'd recommend you look at 'pfSense'. It does all the basic stuff I needed, plus a few of the advanced features that ipCop/Smoothwall didn't have working yet. http://pfsense.com/ You can run it directly from CD, from a USB key, or even install it in much the same way that ipCop installs. Actually--the initial install is the hard part. Once that's done, you can just upgrade it from it's web interface. Take care, -A -- ubuntu-server mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
