On Sun, Apr 11, 2004 at 10:48:24PM +0300, Oded Arbel wrote: > > Hi List. > > I need to choose a linux distro for a firewall router box. I hope someone can > share some success stories and recommend some stuff. I've previously used > Mandrake's SNF and I found it easy and enjoyable but its pretty old now and I > found the hard way that NAAT (the web frontend for SNF) doesn't respond well > to people updating its underlying operating system. > > The features I wish for in decending importance: > - Need to run on low end hardware. currently the target system is a P133 with > some 32MB memory. > - Easy installation and easy out-of-the-box setup of Internet connection for > cable. I got used to Mandrake's DrakConnect type of installation: Next, Next, > Finish. > - Web front end to manage most if not all functions of the system. must > include basic firewall setup. webmin isn't good enough - I want something > integrated. > - upgradable. something with a history of frequent updates - emphasis on > "history" and "frequent". > - 2.6 kernel based. >
Any reason why you want a kernel 2.6 based distribution? I am not sure it is ready for the server market yet. If you want a box for people who don't use/know/care about linux you want something stable that will be able to run long without updates. 2.6 is still too dynamic at the moment for that. Dynamic would mean vulnerabilities that will need to be closed which means a lot of updates/testing. 2.4.25 seems much more appropriate. > I don't want anything floppy based - I want the thing robust and installed on > the system's harddrive. Basicly the system is going to be installed in the > home of people who are not computer illeterate but don't know what unix/linux > is and don't want to know and I'm aiming not to visit them more then I have > to, possibly almost none at all. > I'll also appreciate any hints and tips you can throw my way. > Thx. > > -- > Oded > ::.. > 9. I got these instructions off the net. I'm going to follow them exactly. > Let's see if they work. > --Top 100 things you don't want the sysadmin to say > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System > at the Tel-Aviv University CC. > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
