Craig White spake the following on 8/16/2006 8:22 AM: > I have purchased a used Compaq DL360 which I was going to use as a proxy > server. Presently, we are using a cheap box with ipcop which is working > fine but it didn't have much RAM (64MB), etc. > > This new box we will want to run squid and perhaps dansguardian for > filtering (this is a non-profit company) and I'm wondering if I should > just put ipcop on it or would it be smarter/better to install CentOS 4, > squid and I see Dag has dansguardian package which suggests that I might > get more and better options from this. > > Anyone have opinions on ipcop vs. CentOS > > Craig You could try Clarkconnect. It is based on Centos-4, and works as well as ipcop with the better hardware, and it already has dansguardian, snort, and a banner ad filter. It is also rpm-based in case you want to add something. They have a free version with no restrictions, but you do have to register to get updates. I use it at home, and it is aces. I also use IPcop at work to filter 4 sites and tunnel them together, so I have experience with both. So if the Dl360 has at least 256 MB of ram, and a few gigs of hard drive, it should do well. I am running Clarkconnect on an old 1100 athlon that my kids said was too slow for their Windows games. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!