Using fedora instead of ipcop

[Sir Light]

IPCop is a text based and one can access it thur web too to manage it. 

One can find very cheap servers in ebay like I have. I got a dl380 G2(PIII based) server for like 60 bucks. 

Jon

Jon

---- mike havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote: 
> isn't ipcop a text based distro or one that doesn't have a great need for
> resources? why not go to the recycling center downtown or the scout
> swapmeet  or look around thrift stores for a useable computer?
> 
> On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Nadim Hoque <nadimhoque at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hey
> > So perhaps I will keep my router for now and when I do get the money I will
> > purchase a new computer and just put ipcop on it. It's a good idea because
> > my fedora server is running a samba, media, and maybe a ftp/drop box type
> > server and I think it would be best for another computer to do the routing.
> > Thanks for your inputs.
> >
> > Nadim
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 9:14 AM, Sir Light <sirlight at cox.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Paul,
> >>
> >>
> >> ---- Paul Mooring <drpppr242 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> > I see where you're coming from on that but for some reason (probably
> >> > because I don't really know what I'm talking about) running a specialty
> >> > distro like IPCop with a web interface and potentially outdated packages
> >> > just seems like it would open the door for all sorts of security issues
> >> > to me, the same reason I don't like to use LFS, it's hard to stay on
> >> > updates.  Anybody who understands the security aspects better than I do
> >> > have an opinion on the security implications of running IPCop, pfsense,
> >> > ect. vs making your own router from Debian, Gentoo, ect?
> >>
> >> I have been running IPCop for as I said before more than 5 years. They do
> >> update it whenever a security problem uncovered. Doing the updates is very
> >> very easy. You can subscribe to their announcement mailing list so that when
> >> a new one does come out, you update your ipcop setup.
> >>
> >> Jon
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