Re: [SLE] 9.3 mini distro question
From: Jerry Westrick (jerry_at_westrick.com)
Date: 05/16/05
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To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 23:32:44 +0200
On Monday 16 May 2005 15:00, Sid Boyce wrote:
> 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.
> --
> Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Keen licensed Private Pilot
> Retired IBM Mainframes and Sun Servers Tech Support Specialist
> Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux for all Computing Tasks
Don't forget to look into floppyfw distro (http://www.zelow.no/floppyfw/)
I've used it on 3 machines. The configuration of the firewall
via fwbuilder (www.fwbuilder.com) makes this mini-mini-distro (as the name
says, it boots from a floppy) extremely powerfull.
Jerry
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