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Re: not using debian as firewall!



> 
> hey...someone told me a while ago, that you shouldn't use Debian for a
> firewall?...why is that?..or is that just crap? :)
> 

did this person give a reason?
did they debian is not good or Linux is not good?

if you're building a real firewall only machine your distribution should be
stripped to almost nothing and package management should almost be
non-existent.  Next to nothing on the firewall unless you are a glutton for
punishment.

-sv


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