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

[Jim Halfpenny <jim.halfpenny () gmail com>]

> From memory Untangle requires you basically ARP poison your network. One to
avoid in my opinion. Depending on your level of expertise there is nothing
on your list that a regular Linux distro cannot do. If it is a learning
exercise then maybe you want to go down that route.

I've used smoothwall in the long distant past and it's worked well. If I
recall that was looking a bit long in the tooth but maybe things have moved
on since I last checked.You'll get wizards and GUIs to help you along.
pfSense is not on your list, you might want to look at that too.

Regards,
Jim


On 22 April 2013 19:02, 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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