[nmglug] firewall distribution

Andres Paglayan andres at paglayan.com
Wed Feb 13 14:51:10 PST 2008


ipcop is the way to go,
some of the features you want are available as plugins,
probably you'll want OpenVPN and the snort plugin,


On Feb 13, 2008, at 3:17 PM, jason schaefer wrote:

> Hello
>
> I am looking for a firewall distribution. Last time I did this was  
> a few
> years back and I used smoothwall and did not like its inflexibility  
> and
> need for endless plugins for added features. Also, I am disapointed in
> Smoothwall's website and forum. Its very difficult to get quick  
> answers
> and reliable information. It was easy to setup and use though and it
> might be better now. Before I go installing different firewall distros
> and deciding for myself. I wanted to ask people their experience.
>
> here are some of the features I want:
> web-based config
> virtual interfaces
> vpn
> web content filtering
> built-in bandwidth graphs
> traffic shaping
> intrusion detection
> hard drive based
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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