[fw-wiz] Linux Firewall Distributions

From: Skander Ben Mansour (firewall-wizards_at_benmansour.net)
Date: 09/02/04

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Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 16:55:38 +0200

    Hi Firewall-Wizards,

    Does anyone have experience with Linux based Firewall/Router distributions ?

    I am looking for a cost-effective firewall capable of handling three
    security domains (Internal Network, the Internet, and a DMZ) for a SOHO.

    A hardened linux box running NetFilter/IPtables with three network cards
    looks like a good fit.
    However, I would also welcome suggestions regarding low-budget hardware
    firewalls meeting these requirements.

    I believe that the now defunct Linux Router Project
    (http://www.linuxrouter.org/) has left some successors:

    http://leaf.sourceforge.net/
    http://www.smoothwall.org/
    http://www.devil-linux.org/

    Please let me know if you have used one of these linux firewall
    distributions and what your experience was (installation, configuration,
    maintenance).

    Thanks!

    Best Regards,

    Skander Ben Mansour 

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