Re: FN-FORUM Open Source Netware??

date posted 16th January 2003 20:32

On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Darren Beale wrote:

> Hi
>
> > Something like IP Cop might be suitable for this, but in my (brief)
> > examination of it, I'm not sure it'd really be suitable. Something like
> > Astaro Security Linux might be a
> > better bet, though it'll cost money. Nowhere near as much as CheckPoint's
> > FireWall-1 though, and there are very few (useful) features that it's
> > missing in comparison. I can see that it would still be a bit of a bear to
> > administer if you're not experienced in these things, but it'd probably be
> > better than editing iptables/ipchains rules directly...
>
> Smoothwall is GPL and pretty cool. I'm sure it can deal with Tri homed
> machines

It can - it uses the terminology of "Red, Orange, Green" interfaces. IP Cop
is based on Smoothwall anyway and is my preferred choice of the two as the
development of it is more open than Smoothwall.

Unfortunately, neither of them seem to treat the orange segment as
completely as the green segment, which is why I said it may not be enough
for the original poster.

> regs
> ;D

Best Regards,
Alex.
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