Re: [SLE] linux firewall or SUSE
From: Sid Boyce (sboyce_at_blueyonder.co.uk)
Date: 06/27/05
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Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 13:29:33 +0100 To: suse-linux-e@suse.com
Jerry Westrick wrote:
> On Sunday 26 June 2005 00:01, Richard Bos wrote:
>
>>Op zaterdag 25 juni 2005 12:48, schreef Anders Norrbring:
>>
>>>Is there a side-by-side comparison available somewhere?
>>
>>I found this
>>(http://www.tomsnetworking.com/Reviews-178-ProdID-SMOOTHWALL-5.php):
>>Since I recently reviewed ClarkConnect-another free Open Source firewall-I
>>thought I'd offer a few points of comparison. The biggest difference
>>between the two is that Smoothwall is designed to be a dedicated firewall
>>only, while ClarkConnect can be a firewall, a server, or both. On the other
>>hand, both distros are alike in that they are designed to be administered
>>from a web based configuration utility.
>>
>>But I think Smoothwall's web interface is a little better laid out and
>>easier to navigate than ClarkConnect's. And I found Smoothwall's online
>>help system to be more helpful and complete than Clarkconnect's method of
>>putting general descriptions alongside configuration options. In the end,
>>both distros are reliable and will get the job done, while at the same time
>>being easy for almost anyone to get up and running.
>>
>>--
>>Richard Bos
>>Without a home the journey is endless
>
> Okay, and don't forget FloppyFW, in combination with fwbuilder on a another
> machine it's great.
>
>
> Jerry
>
>
That's what I started out with, then I had a problem getting some ports
through and I thought I was doing everything right. No reply from the
floppFW author to my email, so I googled around, found and switched to
BBIagent (Linux-2.4.30 based) also on a floppy which worked first time
and needed only some ticks in boxes, IP addresses and ports - they don't
come any simpler. Perhaps fwbuilder if available at the time would have
sorted all that out. I had a very brief look at the combination recently
and decided BBIagent setup was less involved. If you go to
http://BBIagent.net you can do the demo (select Applet or Plugin, etc.),
password is BBIagent and you can see the sorts of things you can do via
"Virtual Services", "Access Control", "Security Control" etc. You can
also add/modify/delete stuff in the demo so you can see what it is like
on your box and it's realtime, you don't have to take it down to do
modifications, e.g if you open a port to one of your boxes and you
decide to change to another box or port, you just hightlight the entry
in "Virtual Services" and "Access Control", modify the stuff in the
setup boxes at the top, hit the Modify button and that's done, that's
the way I've been able to switch gnomemeting, gtk-gnutella and hamradio
VOIP progs from one box to another when one kicks the can or has to have
new hardware or a distro installed.
Regards
Sid.
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