[CentOS] Re: proxy server - ipcop vs CentOS

Thu Aug 17 08:28:13 UTC 2006
Tom Brown <tom at ng23.net>

>> I use IPCOP on all my border routers at my client sites ... with the
>> openvpn plugin.  CentOS can certainly also be a router if you set it up
>> that way, but I normally use IPCOP.
>>
>> I don't think there are many tools that are going to make management as
>> easy as it is on IPcop ... though, there has not been much website
>> activity there lately.
> There is a new patch in beta right now.
> 1.4.11 I think.
> I guess a firewall has so little software on it that security updates just
> seem to be farther apart. Less exposure = less vulnerability.
> I mentioned Clarkconnect as an alternative to trying to use CentOS since it is
> based from CentOS 4.

personally i really like www.smoothwall.org as its super easy to setup 
and performs well. Its also a really active project.