[CentOS] Re: Low RAM -- Security Appliance distros ...

[Rodrigo Barbosa]

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On Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 06:27:37PM -0400, Bryan J. Smith <b.j.smith at ieee.org> wrote:
> From: User Lists <clopmz at yahoo.com>
> > Thak you for your responses.
> > I will use CentOS-3 as a firewall..
> 
> Nothing against CentOS as a firewall, but you might
> consider a distro that is more focused as a plop'n drop
> "security applicance" distro:  
>   http://www.ipcop.org  
> 
> 4-zone segmentation (WAN, DMZ, LAN, WLAN)
> Integrated real-time and statistical logging, Snort IDS, etc...
> PPPoA/PPPoE, VPN, IPSec, DHCP
> DDNS, Internal DNS, Squid Proxy server
> 
> Unless you want to learn how all the components work.
> And even then, I'd edge you towards something like Gentoo.

I have been using linux-based firewall for some time now.
Tried IpCop twice, since it would help simply the whole process.
Gave up. It simply doesn't provide with enough flexibility or
customization, without going into more trouble than I would have
using a "generic" distro (RedHat, Conectiva, CentOS etc).

Of course, I do need a high degree of customization, so your mileage
will vary.

Installed a CentOS firewall today, btw. Worked like a charm.

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Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob at suespammers.org>
"Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur"
"Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns)

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