Firewall Distros?

gulo · 01-25-2005, 12:03 PM

My Linux adventure continues...

I need some advice on a firewall distro. Most of my experiance is
with Redhat / Fedora if it makes a difference.

I'm considering a product called "devil linux", which seems attractive
if for no other reason than it runs from a bootable CD without
a hard disk.

Are there better choices out there for a firewall distro? Which
ones areeasier to config?

jmr71769 · 01-25-2005, 12:12 PM

http://smoothwall.org/

:-)

reddazz · 01-25-2005, 01:00 PM

distrowatch has a good section on firewall distributions. There is a top 5 firewall distributions somewhere on their site.

floppywhopper · 03-13-2005, 12:44 AM

I am also interested in using Devil Linux

currently using smoothwall but want to use a Live CD firewall

so how is it going

floppy

gulo · 03-13-2005, 01:25 AM

Here's a short report. I tried Devil Linux. Was easy to download, burn and configure, but I've had a heck of a time getting it to recognize any of my network cards!?!?!

I've given up on Devil for the moment and am focusing my attention on Redwall Linux, based on RH9. I haven't spent that much time on it yet since I've been rather busy at work, but it seems to recognize the network cards at least & the set up seems pretty easy. I'll work on it this week and give ya a report back.

floppywhopper · 03-13-2005, 06:12 AM

Totally cool dude

I did see Redwall and wondered about it
so am waiting for your feedback
do you ( or anyone ) know of any live BSD based firewalls

floppy