Re: Firewall

[Keith Edmunds <keith@midnighthax.com>]

On 07/21/2006 8:49:50 AM +0100
Chris Davies <davichri@cd-tech.biz> said:

> The purpose of listing my current config was to give anyone else an idea
> of what i am now using (like to suggest just a iptables based solution
> vs a larger cisco pix box, of witch would be over kill for my use)

I don't believe a Cisco box is overkill for an ISP - why do you think that?

> I
> would like to switch to a different one but I would like some opinions
> of what you have used and are happy with

If you want to create a firewall on a Linux system, I'd (strongly)
recommend Shorewall. You might want to use the version in Testing, which
will install cleanly on a Stable system.

Keith