[plug] Firewall Distros

[Craig Foster]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-bounces at plug.org.au 
> [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] On Behalf Of J Michael Gilks
> Sent: Monday, 19 September 2005 9:58 PM
> To: plug at plug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] Firewall Distros
> 
> >
> > Love you too man... ;-)
> > I use clarkconnect which uses the 2.6.9 kernel and is VERY 
> simple to 
> > admin headless via a web browser..

What's in 2.6 that warrants an major kernel version upgrade?

> > In times past I've use SME server which also was a supurb 
> distro with 
> > fantastic focus on home/small office use..
> Had a look at Clarkconnect, interesting, but a lot hanging 
> off it, ie web and mail servers, photo gallery. Really would 
> use the box to separate all those servers from the internet. 
> Very slick looking design and a good business model for Linux 
> software dude :- Give em the software and charge for service.
> 
> SME server won't make it due to my blind, unreasonable 
> prejudice against Redhat.

Huh? What the?? It's a web-administered distro! You don't see the
command line or package management very often at all... Just the same as
I haven't noticed anything to say IP-Cop or SmoothWall came from a
specific distro, cos I almost never have to go CLI.

BTW, ClarkConnect came from a similar RPM base (eg
cc-firewall-3.1-41.i386.rpm)

(dancing very carefully around starting a flamewar...)
What's so bad about RedHat that it deserves such a summary execution
like that?

> Thanks for the links though, I will keep them. Could be handy 
> for some people I know.
> 
> Love
> Mike.
> _______________________________________________

Craig F.