>
>
> http://www.ipcop.org/
> http://www.smoothwall.org/
>
> The two are very similar and have the same roots. SmoothWall offers a
> commercial version with official paid support. IPCop does not.
> Commercial paid support for IPCop comes strictly from 3rd parties. In
> your case I'm guessing you don't want paid support, so either should be
> just fine for you. Both will be better as dedicated firewalls than
> building a f/w from scratch with Debian.
>
> --
> Stan
>
Both are extremly good firewalls. I built a firewall system from scratch
using Gentoo. The learning experiance is good building a firewall system,
and dont discount Debian from the job. A non X install, and some command
line knowledge, and you will enjoy the fact you created it, and not locked
in.
