[wellylug] Dedicated linux firewalls boxes
Centurion Computer Technology Ltd
centurion at paradise.net.nz
Wed Feb 18 15:38:58 NZDT 2004
IPCop
www.ipcop.org 27mb iso, with webproxy and a whole lot of other features,
and plugins for stuff like webfilters.
On Thu, 2004-02-19 at 02:47, Tony Wills wrote:
> At 11:17 17/02/04 +1300, Adam Bogacki wrote:
> >FYI,
> >
> >http://firehol.sourceforge.net/
>
> Interesting, I might try his system.
>
> What I am very interested in are dedicated linux firewall boxes.
>
> I don't want a commercial firewall/router but something I can keep updated
> when new threats turn up and have a bit more control of (and in-expensive).
>
> I have been using Coyote Linux single floppy linux firewall software for
> about three years and it has worked well. Originally on a dialup line, now
> on a cable modem.
>
> But my requirements have increased and I'm now running a webserver and ftp
> server from home on a 'DMZ' offshoot from the firewall box. I now need to
> do a bit of load balancing (well actually what I want to do is a bit of
> load squelching! I want to set it up so that if I'm trying to use the
> internet from my main network I can get fairly full speed access and the
> web/ftp servers just have to wait). I also need to monitor traffic
> throughput as the statistics available from paradise are at best 24 hours
> out of date at the moment and they charge rather excessive amounts if you
> exceed the 10G traffic limit. (I normally manage to use 9 to 10GB every
> month).
>
> There are add-ons etc for Coyote which can probably do these things, but
> it's getting a bit bigger than it was designed for and support and
> maintenance of the Coyote distribution is a bit hap-hazard.
>
> So what other easy to setup and maintain, dedicated (ie all un-necessary
> bits stripped out, small footprint) firewalls/router systems do others have
> knowledge of (yes I have searched the internet and there are lots of
> firewalls on offer, I want to cut down the list using others experience as
> a guide).
>
> Tony.
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Daniel Reurich
Centurion Computer Technolgy Limited
Ph: (04) 565 1832
(021) 79 7722
email: centurion at paradise.net.nz
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