[wellylug] Looking for a easy to use firewall package

[Michael Dittmer]

Hi Glen

You could try Smoothwall 2.0 Express - http://www.smoothwall.org (I don't
think it does QoS or Bandwidth Throttling). I use SmoothWall at a couple of
clients places (connected to the Internet using Cable or DSL) and works
sweet as for that.

It does port-forward for either a DMZ (Orange Network) or just to an IP
address on your Internal (Green Network).

The download if you get the manuals is around 40 - 45MB as an ISO file.

After install everything is done use a web interface.

Regards

Michael

-----Original Message-----
From: wellylug-admin at lists.naos.co.nz
[mailto:wellylug-admin at lists.naos.co.nz] On Behalf Of Glen Ogilvie
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 9:17 PM
To: wellylug at lists.naos.co.nz
Subject: [wellylug] Looking for a easy to use firewall package


Hi,

I've been driving myself mad (slowly) trying to find a well designed
firewall 
package for a dedicated machine.  I've tried Mandrake Network Firewall, but 
with much luck.

<rant>
it's web based interface does not prevent me from breaking it. What tends to

happen is that I add what seems like an OK rule, and then press apply..  
either it stops working, or does not apply the rule.. when I login as root,
I 
find out it's configured something in a way that Shorewall does not like, so

shorewall does not start.. 

</rant>

so, does anyone have a suggestion of a better firewall package?  The things 
that I need are: 

-	Simple interface to control firewall
-	Bandwidth throttling, QOS
-	dhcpd server
-	basic stats
-	ability to forward stuff, as I run a server behind it, that will be
sitting 
on my lan (I don't have a DMZ and don't want one)
-	Something that will run on a P133 with an 850MB hdd.
-	inside my network, I need stuff like ICQ filetransfer, video
conferencing, 		
ftp, kazaa, etc, to work.

I am trying to keep away from the configure scripts, etc, as I want other 
people in the flat to be able to control it if needed.

I've looked at  http://redwall.sourceforge.net/

but don't know how good it is and how easy it to config.  

Any suggestions?
Glen


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