home firewall/server

[bradmcmahon at gmail.com (Bradley McMahon)]

yeah if you are a newbie at firewalls I suggest you go with on of the
firewall distros.

Smoothwall,
IPcop,
Pfsense,
Monowall,
Untangle,
Vyatta

just to name a few.

Brad


On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 7:46 AM, Carlos Perez
<carlos_perez at darkoperator.com>wrote:

> PFSense works like a charm for this, I use it at home and
> I'm extremely happy with it. http://pfsense.org/
>
> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 5:02 AM, Bert Van Kets <mailing at vankets.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > I'm a newbie when it come to setting up a server with enterprise
> > services. I have been using Linux for several years now and have a
> > MythTV box running. I have four PCs running and there's no Windows in
> > this house. :-D
> >
> > I was playing with the idea of setting up a multi purpose server (file
> > sharing, print server, proxy, DNS, ...). The terms multi-purpose and
> > security do not go hand in hand, but that is a trade off I have to take
> > because I can not afford to run a full rack.
> >
> > The main question is: Can I use the one machine as a firewall, using
> > multiple network cards on different subnets, and at the same time run
> > Squid, SMTP, DNS, DHCPD, CUPS, etc.. on it?
> > What is the take of the experts on a situation like this? Keep in mind
> > this is a home situation with a limited budget.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Bert
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