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Knoppix Firewall????
Name: Hacker Date: December 3, 2004 at 11:03:43 Pacific OS: Linux CPU/Ram: 386
Comment:
Can this os be used on a computer to make a decent firewall?
Name: ernie Date: December 3, 2004 at 11:46:17 Pacific
Reply:
Any Linux Distribution 'can' be set up on a computer with the intent to use the computer as a firewall machine. There are distributions designed for this purpose such as Smoothwall. Mandrake has one called MNF (Mandrake Network Firewall). The MNF information page is here, and the list of mirrors list is here
HTH,
Ernie [ewilcox@buckeye-express.com] ICQ 41060744 Registered Linux User 247790
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Response Number 2
Name: jefro Date: December 4, 2004 at 16:31:36 Pacific
Reply:
Distrowatch.org for any number of liveCD firewall solutions.
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Response Number 3
Name: eskiled Date: December 5, 2004 at 12:19:00 Pacific
Reply:
Smoothwall is the best Firewall distribution from what I hear:
www.smoothwall.org
My Linux Bookmarks: http://linuxcourse.rutgers.edu/rute/rute.html http://www.bitbenderforums.com/vb22/showthread.php?postid=311808 http://www.linuxcommand.org/index.php http://linux-newbie
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Response Number 4
Name: Hacker Date: December 13, 2004 at 12:50:50 Pacific
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Thanks guys; not a newbie but just trying to figure out what to do with a g3 linux other than a paper weight on a lan
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Remotely reboot
