[nmglug] firewall distribution

[jason schaefer]

IpCop looks promising but I would like to avoid the third party plugin 
hell, although I know it can have advantages. I have been looking at 
endian -> http://www.endian.com/en/community/

anyone use it? Andres, how do you think this compares to ipcop?



Andres Paglayan wrote:
> 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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