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Originally posted by fireball
Hey guys! I Just bought an old pentium 2 box. I plan to make it into a firewall in the following configuration:
the coax cable comes out of the wall, into PC(firewall), out of second NIC into router, which swiches to 3 other comps.
I was just wondering which OS i should use for the firewall. Right now I am torn between Linix and Microsoft XP. I have the techlical now-how for Linix, but the potential lack of firewall options frightens me. Also, i am planning on running a web server and an FTP server off the firewall box. Maybie also Kazzaa, but that would be later, i think. Any other thoughts would be welcome as well
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Hmm.. Well with linux you would be much more secure. And you could do alot more than just a firewall.. like a portscanner blocker etc..
I think fa0lan is needed to answer this question though.
There is one firewall we have played with before.. its the Trex firewall from Livermore Software Laboratories Inc. And that firewall is pretty awesome.. its more of a proxy.