Stand alone Firewall OS LINUX type.

[BIGGDOG]

I was told a while ago that there was a firewall program that was an OS LINUX type. Can someone point me in the right direction???

 

[n0cmonkey]

IPTables is the current firewall for Linux... There are probably distributions out there that are floppy based firewalls or built specifically for firewalling if thats what you mean...

 

[Nothinman]

Linux has kernel firewalling support in the form of iptables or ipchains (depending on the version and configuration).

 

[BIGGDOG]

Thanks to both of you. I am not sure if I had asked correctly so thanks for your help.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: BIGGDOG
Thanks to both of you. I am not sure if I had asked correctly so thanks for your help.

If you come up with a "better" way to phrase the question, please post it. 🙂

 

[RedBeard0531]

check here for quite a large listing of distros, including firewall floppies

 

[drag]

I use a floppy distro called Dachstein LEAF Firewall. I like it very much. No need to waste a harddrive on a dedicated NAT(masquarading)/firewall machine. It also has a simplified http server for remote viewing of the configuration and firewall logs.

 

[MedicBob]

freeSCO

Easy to setup and floppy based. I have put mine on a hard drive to allow for more packages to be installed.

Works fine, but I am still learning about Linux based firewalls.

 

[Need4Speed]

smoothwall gets my vote...freesco is great too

 

[BIGGDOG]

Thanks to all.