Re: Suggestions for Open Source Internet Security Gateway Distro/Product

[Frank McClain <frank.mc.42 () gmail com>]

Jason,

I've used Untangle, and also a commercial version of Astaro (would probably
be very equitable to the personal version currently available from Sophos)
and liked both of them.

I'd also throw pfSense in there as well:  http://www.pfsense.org/

Regards,

Frank



Frank McClain


On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 1:02 PM, Jason Drury <druryjason () yahoo com> wrote:

> Folks,
>
> I would like to setup an Internet security box for my home network for
> firewalling, dhcp, IDS, web filtering, and possibly VPN. It has been a long
> time since I've looked at the various Linux security distros that do this
> (I think Astaro Security was the best choice back then).
>
> I did a few searches and it seems like there are a LOT of distros/products
> available now.
>
> Here are just a few I came across:
>
> 1. Untangle - http://www.untangle.com/
> 2. Vyatta - http://www.vyatta.org/
> 3. Zentyal - http://www.zentyal.org/
> 4. Sophos UTM (formley Astaro) -
> http://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-utm-home-edition.aspx
> 5. Engarde Linux - http://www.engardelinux.org/
> 6. Smoothwall - http://www.smoothwall.org/
> 7. ClearOS - http://www.clearfoundation.com/Software/overview.html
>
> I do not care if it is gui or cli based. I would prefer something based on
> Debian/Ubuntu, but not absolutely necessary.
>
> Does anyone have any experience with the above distros/products or could
> you recommend something else you like?
>
> Thanks,
> Jason
>
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