Ignore me. I'm going mad.
Alistair Scott wrote:
Sorry, here is my post again with a decent subject this time!
Alistair Scott wrote:
> Thanks for all your comments everyone.
>
> I've installed Endian, so I'm going to persist with it for a bit
> longer. My work PC is now going out to the internet through it.
>
> It was dead easy to install - just throw in the CD and switch on the
> PC. It then formats the drive and installs everything automatically.
> When the install is done, you just browse to the web interface from
> another computer.
>
> My main problem is that I've got loads of other projects to sort out
> at work and I haven't really got time to mess around with this.
> Unfortunately, I might end up just buying a managed firewall and
> leave it to someone else to sort out.
>
> I'll keep you posted with my progress!
>
> I work at Hednesford by the way and live near Telford. Anyone else
> near me?
>
> Cheers
>
> Al
>
> Russell Phillips wrote:
>> On Wed, 2007-03-07 at 16:19 +0000, Mark Leese wrote:
>>
>>> Also forgot to mention IPCop ->
http://www.ipcop.org/ most of the Linux
>>> guru's at the place I work swear by it. It has a very easy to use web
>>> interface and also can incorporate snort (IDS) as well.
>>>
>>
>> I used IPCop some years ago. I was very impressed.
>>
>> I've not used Endian (never heard of it until Al mentioned it) but it
>> looks like the same sort of idea - a distro that turns a PC into a
>> firewall. So all the talk about IPTables and ways to set it up is
>> irrelevant.
>>
>> To answer the orginal question, I don't think anyone has any experience
>> with Endian. I can recommend IPCop, which, from what I can tell, does
>> much the same, but I don't know whether or not it's better than Endian
>> for what you need.
>>
>> Russ
>>
>>
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