Re: IPCop vs Smoothwall

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Author: Darrin Chandler
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: IPCop vs Smoothwall
Craig White wrote:

>>But if you're going to get advanced enough in your desires or
>>requirements then you might consider learning to set up a firewall
>>yourself using iptables, etc. Or use OpenBSD (pf is *way* easier to
>>learn than iptables) ;)
>>
>>
>----
>a subversive in our midst ;-)
>
>I don't think iptables is very hard - you can hit the ground with both
>feet running by starting with David Ranch's stuff...
>
>http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~dranch/LINUX/ipmasq/c-html/firewall-examples.html#RC.FIREWALL-IPTABLES
>
>perhaps pf is way easier, but that makes it very easy to start with.
>
>


Actually the command line interface to pf isn't so different from
iptables (there are differences, to be sure). It's the pf.conf file that
really makes it easier to grok.

-- 
Darrin Chandler            |  Phoenix BSD Users Group
   |  http://bsd.phoenix.az.us/
http://www.stilyagin.com/  |


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