DIY FOSS firewall/ router
On 03/01/18 07:23, John wrote:
> Slightly different issue but I am part way through an upgrade from
> Whezzy to Stretch. After the upgrade to Jessie my (headless) computer
> failed to boot. After a struggle getting keyboard and screen it
> stalled after loading the kernel, probably a broken initrd file
>
> It booted OK with the last Whezzy kernel but I am afraid to try to
> upgrade to Stretch with this suspect system. Problem is this machine
> is the interface between the LAN and the Internet so without it things
> are difficult
> ==John ffitch
I built and ran a do-it-yourself Debian firewall/ router back in the
day, learned iptables (or whatever), etc.. It worked, but I knew I was
no expert and worried about security.
Then I discovered purpose-built FOSS firewall/ router distributions:
1. I found IPCop to be the easiest to install, configure, and
administer. Unfortunately, the web site is down at the moment.
2. I found pfsense to be the most sophisticated:
https://www.pfsense.org/
David
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