Re: [SLE] 9.3 mini distro question
From: Sid Boyce (sboyce_at_blueyonder.co.uk)
Date: 05/16/05
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Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 14:00:05 +0100 To: suse-linux-e@suse.com
Kastus wrote:
> On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 12:40:02AM +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>
>>What about doing a mini-distro for a firewall/router only? O:-)
>
>
> Not sure if such SUSE product exists. Although Devil Linux
> (http://www.devil-linux.org/home/index.php) works just perfect
> as firewall/router. And its rc.config looks quite similar to earlier
> versions of SuSE so learning curve is minimal.
>
> -Kastus
>
http://BBIagent.net, I've used this as a floppy firewall for years, I've
just subscribed for $26.00 and burned the CD version, it also allows me
to save the config so I don't have to key it in after a reboot as was
necessary with the free version. I've also used astaro on a 3.2G HD,
http://www.astaro.com which is a bit more difficult to setup without
having a good knowledge of NAT, couldn't figure out what source and
destination referred to, I got it working with some help from the astaro
forum, but I think astaro has designed it so you need their course in
order to get a full understanding, however, it does intrusion detection,
SPAM filtering, virus blocking, VPN, content filtering, etc., it's easy
to download updates and update via browser access. Everything is heavily
chrooted, try to write something to hard drive or floppy and it says it
hasn't got a floppy or a hard drive. With BBIagent, you access it via a
browser on your network and simply fill in some boxes with IP addresses
and pull down menues for NAT rules, you can run with the floppy write
protected, but it's just a firewall with full control of what is let
through, it'll block almost all ports by default and you can do site
blocking.
Both the above are designed for the purpose, you won't have access to
the usual apps like you would on even a minimal SuSE distro.
Regards
Sid.
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