[wellylug] Looking for a easy to use firewall package

[Chris Hodgetts]

You could look at m0n0wall : http://www.m0n0.ch/wall/

I have never personally used it, but have a friend who raved about it.
It's a live CD, and all the data is stored on floppy - and all
configured from a web interface... so no need for a hard-drive in the
firewall box :)



On Mon, 2004-06-21 at 21:16, Glen Ogilvie wrote:
> 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
>