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Dedicated Firewall and XP Pro
Name: welshman Date: April 23, 2004 at 01:00:59 Pacific OS: XP Pro CPU/Ram: 512
Comment:
Looking to setup a Pentium 2 system as a dedicated hardware-based firewall on a small home network with 3 pc's. Any suggestions on the best software to use for this for the P2?
Thinking about one of the various Linux firewalls, but unsure of compatibility with the XP Pro's on my home pc's...
Name: winedrinker Date: April 23, 2004 at 01:40:11 Pacific
Reply:
Using a linux based firewall with windows should not be a problem. The main problem is networking the two computers up but most of the newer distros (from the last 3 years or so) should pick up the network straight away. Ipchains is a good firewall system for linux
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Response Number 2
Name: welshman Date: April 23, 2004 at 01:54:01 Pacific
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thanks mate, can you recommend the firewall? - need one damn good but one in which the average can configure...
Any other hints/tips would be appreciated..
thanks again.
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Response Number 3
Name: Jake Date: April 23, 2004 at 03:31:40 Pacific
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I prefer OpenBSD for firewalls. Like Linux, it's free and UNIX-like, but the primary focus of OpenBSD is security. The documentation is excellent, too, with"FAQs" that are really more like step-by-step guides.
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Response Number 4
Name: JCA Date: April 23, 2004 at 08:28:29 Pacific
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If you're using LINUX, try smoothwall www.smoothwall.org -- I prefer it as a PC firewall host. Be sure to patch the OS...
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Response Number 5
Name: Smeagol Date: April 23, 2004 at 22:41:57 Pacific
Reply:
smoothwall is nice and easy, but openBSD is better (pf rules are fun to write tho)
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