Re: [SLUG] firewall -> Smoothwall, IPcop

[savanna <savanna@xxxxxxxxxx>]

* Gaza <gaza@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have an old PII 200Mhz pc I would like to load linux on it and make it a
> firewall
> I was wondering what linux could I use and what firewall software could I
> use.

Check out Smoothwall www.smoothwall.org - a firewall appliance distro.
Doesn't require much linux experience to run. There's been some ruckus
around Smoothwall (search google), so some of the developers have
released a branch called IPcop.

I used Smoothwall & really like it. Check out quarkav.com for additional
doco.

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