On 02/24/2012 09:13 PM, Miguel Medalha wrote:
pfsense for a newbie?
Yup! Based on the simple requirements that the OP expressed, i.e. "a firewall for the whole network in my place", I would again recommend pfsense. It may seem paradoxical but it's not. It just *works* after a very simple and quick installation. The user only has to answer a couple of simple questions. A WAN interface and a LAN interface are ready and working together and that's it.
It can be installed on anything, from a Compact Flash card to a USB sticker, it doesn't even need a hard disk.
I used ClarkConnect for several years, it was my first hands-on contact with Linux, and I have learned much from it. Installation is also quick and painless, it is based on CentOS so extra packages/repositories from CentOS are possible, and can be used as Proxy/Mail/Web server also.