which distribution to choose

From: Jochen Witte (jwitte_at_alpha-lab.net)
Date: 12/02/04

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    To: focus-linux@securityfocus.com
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 17:31:00 +0100

    Hello,

    I would like to set up a firewall to protect a small company network. What
    I would like to have is some kind of VPN solution (OpenVPN and ipsec),
    iptables firewalling and a secure distribution with some additional
    sec-related sofware (tripwire etc.). Also I need to run an Apache for
    proxy-requests.

    My question is, which distribution to choose for such a
    setup. I would prefer a standard distribution for easy updates and
    community support. A specific "security-enhanced" distribution would do it
    also, if it is not too "pure" :)

    Any suggestions?

    Regards
    Jochen

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