Re: Using fedora instead of ipcop

is it just me, or is the 1.4.21 version iso of IPCop not available yet?
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=40604&package_id=35093

Eric

On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 3:51 PM, Eric Shubert <ejs@shubes.net> wrote:

> I guess this would make IPCop is a bit geeky. It's based on LFS, and you
> can compile the whole thing if you'd like. ;) (Instructions are on the
> web site)
>
> kitepilot@kitepilot.com wrote:
> >>> Any extra/unwanted packages which come in a standard distro,
> >>> but which aren't needed for a router, have been removed
> > The best (GEEKY) firewall is an LFS installation running iptables.
> > You just NEVER install "any extra/unwanted package" to begin with. :)
> > I understand it is not for everyone though, but I couldn't resist... 8)
> > ET
> >
> > PS: For the "uninitiated":
> > LFS=http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Alex Dean writes:
> >
> >> On Jun 4, 2009, at 3:24 PM, Paul Mooring wrote:
> >>
> >>> Maybe most people would disagree with me on this but I don't think
> >>> there's too many advantages to runnning IPcop over a standard linux
> >>> distro in the first place if you're only looking to use it as a
> router.
> >>> Any router or firewall distro is more or less an iptables frontend
> >>> anyhow. To do it make sure "net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1" is in /
> >>> etc/sysctl.conf and there should be an iptables rule for nat, run
> >>> iptables-save and look for a rule that says either -j SNAT --to- source
> >>> or -j MASQUERADE, if your existing iptables rules don't have that run
> >>> 'iptables -t nat -I POSTROUTING -o $EXTIF -j MASQUERADE' where $EXTIF
> is
> >>> your external interface (probably eth0 or eth1), and then you have a
> >>> fully functional router.
> >> If you know what you're doing, I agree there isn't any difference. But
> >> the set of people who might want a good firewall/router is much larger
> >> than the set of people who are really comfortable with iptables, and
> >> that's where IPCop & other distros like it fit in really well.
> >>
> >> There are other benefits besides iptables ease. Any extra/unwanted
> >> packages which come in a standard distro, but which aren't needed for a
> >> router, have been removed (and are therefore not exploitable).
> >> Configuring multiple interfaces for multiple networks is really simple.
> >> Etc...
> >>
> >> alex
>
>
> --
> -Eric 'shubes'
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