Easiest firewall?

[Christopher W. Allermann]

If you want simple FreeSCO is the way to go.

However I've always been partial to using (insert your favorite Linux
distribution here).  While using a mini-distro designed for routing may
be easier at first, down the road you may want to start doing fancier
things (traffic analysis,QOS, etc..) and it really helps to have a
standard distribution to start from.

If nothing else it's a good lesson in basic Linux networking & security.

On Sat, 2004-05-08 at 18:42, John Fleming wrote:
> Was the consensus Shorewall??  I tried the archives to no avail.  I want to
> open the standard stuff like www, ftp, ssh, named, pop and smtp, and some
> ports for Webmin and want to block the rest.  What's the easiest for a
> newbie to start with?  Thanks!  - John
> 
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