> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On > Behalf Of James B. Byrne > Sent: den 29 juni 2015 15:10 > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Using a CentOS 6 Machine as a gateway/router/home > server > > > > Please note: I'm not criticizing, just curious about the argument > > behind using a regular OS to do firewall-stuff. > > > > Maintenance. > > A consistent set of expectations does wonders for debugging odd-ball > occurrences. Why learn the idiosyncrasies of two distros when one suffices? > Just start with a minimal CentOS install on your router/gateway and add only > the packages that you know that you need. > Any critical omission will evidence itself in short order and can be added then; > or the source of the need removed as circumstance warrants. Sorry for OT. Even considering a minimal CentOS install, is that still less minimal than e.g. Smoothwall or Ipcop? In my world, security has a price and, and that might be the need to learn another distro in order to minimize security issues (and maybe as in this case minimize attack-surfaces). Still just curious about the arguments pro/con regular OS:s as firewall. 8-) -- //Sorin