[CentOS] Using a CentOS 6 Machine as a gateway/router/home server

[Robert Heller]

At Mon, 29 Jun 2015 06:14:33 +0000 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote:

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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On
> > Behalf Of Sorin Srbu
> > Sent: den 29 juni 2015 08:11
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> > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Using a CentOS 6 Machine as a gateway/router/home
> > server
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> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org]
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> > > Behalf Of Max Pyziur
> > > Sent: den 28 juni 2015 20:50
> > > To: centos at centos.org
> > > Subject: [CentOS] Using a CentOS 6 Machine as a gateway/router/home
> > > server
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> > > I'm rebuilding a machine to function as a gateway/router to Verizon DSL.
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> > May I ask why you don't just use a made-for-the-purpose-distro like
> > Smoothwall to do this?
> > I takes (almost) all of the pain out of configuring stuff, and is quite
> secure due
> > to not having as much "junk" pre-installed as CentOS 6?
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> Please note: I'm not criticizing, just curious about the argument behind
> using a regular OS to do firewall-stuff.

The most common case is that the machine implementing the 
gateway/routing/firewall is also being used for other stuff.  Rather that 
having a separate piece of equipment a 'small' part of an existing piece of 
equipment is being utilized.  This saves on resources.

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