RE: Novice asks "OpenBSD best firewall?"

["Malik Khan" <akhan () manpowernc com>]

Hi Greg,
If you want to stay within the OpenBSD arena for firewalling options, check
out m0n0wall at http://m0n0.ch/wall/. It's a striped down version of FreeBSD
and has very nice WebBased UI for ease of administration. I personally like it
better than Smoothwall.

Good Luck

-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Tracy [mailto:greg () sixx com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 11:05 AM
To: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Re: Novice asks "OpenBSD best firewall?"

Hi,

OpenBSD is an operating system, not a firewall. It's known for being
particularly secure, but opinions vary... ;) If you're interested in running
Linux or going open source, check out Smoothwall:

http://www.smoothwall.org/

Greg

> From: Tim McGuigan <timst4 () hotmail com>
> Date: 14 Jun 2004 18:37:53 -0000
> To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: Novice asks "OpenBSD best firewall?"
>
>
>
> Hi I am putting together a network in a large house/dormitory.  I am
> going to be running some internet apps.  Is OpenBSD the best option to
> use for a firewall?  Is there any purchaseable firewall software that
> I can buy that works well and will save time (I'm also not footing the
> bill for this, so price isn't as much of a factor)?  McAfee Firewall
> seems so gumby, but I'm not sure about OpenBSD.
>
> Thanks for any help in advance.
>
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