RE: [fw-wiz] Linux Firewall Distributions

From: Smith, Aaron (SmithA_at_byui.edu)
Date: 09/02/04

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    To: "Skander Ben Mansour" <firewall-wizards@benmansour.net>, <firewall-wizards@honor.icsalabs.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 14:22:12 -0600

    I've played with MNF, Shorewall, and straight iptables. I've also
    recently started playing with m0n0wall
    http://www.m0n0.ch/wall/index.php
    M0n0wall seems like the simplest of the 4 for a standalone firewall
    appliance, but nothing beats getting down and dirty with iptables. You
    might also look into a fortigate60
    http://www.fortinet.com

    @@ron Smith
    "Let smiths perform the work of smiths."
    -----Original Message-----
    From: firewall-wizards-admin@honor.icsalabs.com
    [mailto:firewall-wizards-admin@honor.icsalabs.com] On Behalf Of Skander
    Ben Mansour
    Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 8:56 AM
    To: firewall-wizards@honor.icsalabs.com
    Subject: [fw-wiz] Linux Firewall Distributions

    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 

    ---
http://www.benmansour.net/
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