[SunHELP] Sorta OT: Good Firewall

David Bishop sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Fri Jan 26 12:57:43 CST 2001


I would actually recommend www.freesco.org.  It works a lot better than lrp
in my experience, and has a nifty web-based command console, to boot.

On Fri, 26 Jan 2001 13:05:32 -0500, Tim Conrad said:

> Linux/FreeBSD, of course. Take your pick. I know that there are scripts
>  on freshmeat.net for linux that provide fairly secure firewalls. You may
>  also want to check out the Linux Router Projecft, which provides a
>  mostly full-fledged linux distribution that fits on a single floppy
>  diskette. It can also act as a firewall. I think there are some FreeBSD
>  projects that are very simular in nature, too.
>  
>  Tim
>  
>  Paul Khoury wrote:
>  > 
>  > Can anyone recommend a good firewall?  Everyone at work insists I should get
>  > a firewall
>  > for home use, but I still need telnet and ftp access until I can get a copy
>  > of ssh that works.
>  > I think I was using 1.2.7 before.
>  > 
>  > I was planning on running on a 486DX4-75 with 24MB of RAM, as I didn't
>  > think a firewall should need more.  Or would it?
>  >
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