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Re: Climate Protection / Re: recommended router plattform



We can even thing, either to a customised version of ipcop, or a
config file that could be installed...
Or a good tuto like "IpCop for dummies"....
I used it for several years and it's'easy to configure...


2007/10/27, Asbjørn Stokka <asbjorn.stokka@lyse.net>:
> Why not use IPCop.org, it can easily do content filtering and VPN, and there
> are plugins for extra functionality as well.
>
> Asbjørn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nigel barker [mailto:tech@hiroshima-is.ac.jp]
> Sent: 27. oktober 2007 03:54
> To: debian-edu@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Climate Protection / Re: recommended router plattform
>
> Herman Robak wrote:
> > On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:27:56 +0200, RalfGesellensetter <rgx@gmx.de>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >> - buy a dedicated internet router (approx. 20 Euro)
> >
> >  In terms of energy consumption special purpose routers are
> > much better than generic PCs.  Only the extremely low-power
> > PCs (mini-ITX from VIA comes to mind) can compete there.
> >
> >
> but you have to factor in the cost to the environment of new materials
> and energy use during manufacture and shipping, possibly plus the
> disposal of the old PC which isn't broken yet.
>
> Perhaps the school should continue to use its existing firewall, but if
> it doesn't have one, buy a dedicated box.
>
> On the other hand, a custom skolelinux firewall, with built in content
> filtering and vpn, sounds attractive. Does Debian Edu have the
> person-power to maintain such a distro?
>
> nigel
>
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