RE: which distribution to choose

From: John C. Dack (john.dack_at_herelec.co.uk)
Date: 12/03/04

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    Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 08:23:28 -0000
To: "Jochen Witte" <jwitte@alpha-lab.net>, <focus-linux@securityfocus.com>

    Hi,

    Check this out I have been using it for some time now...

    http://www.ipcop.org/

    Regards,

    jd

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Jochen Witte [mailto:jwitte@alpha-lab.net]
    > Sent: 02 December 2004 16:31
    > To: focus-linux@securityfocus.com
    > Subject: which distribution to choose
    >
    >
    > 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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