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Expose	Date: August 31, 2003 @ 11:19 PM bluetack.co.uk , and that's easy to block IPs with. :) " id="60636">Does anyone have one? I want one that'd work with the converter at bluetack.co.uk , and that's easy to block IPs with.
Apertome	Date: September 2, 2003 @ 6:00 AM Hmm, wish I could help, but I use a FreeBSD box (with IPF) as a router/firewall. It does a damn fine job.
Expose	Date: September 3, 2003 @ 3:40 AM Can I have it?
princess-angry	Date: September 3, 2003 @ 5:54 AM hih
princess-angry	Date: September 3, 2003 @ 5:54 AM get a cisco router!!!!!
Expose	Date: September 3, 2003 @ 5:59 AM Is it free?
Apertome	Date: September 3, 2003 @ 6:01 AM http://www.freebsd.org" id="60991">Can you have what? FreeBSD? Sure, grab it at http://www.freebsd.org
Expose	Date: September 3, 2003 @ 6:19 AM No, your FreeBSD box. You can ship it in the mail, I'll give details later.
Apertome	Date: September 3, 2003 @ 6:45 AM Hell no! Build one, FreeBSD runs great on old hardware. If you need help you know where to find me.
mracky	Date: September 3, 2003 @ 11:51 AM I have a linux box working as our firewall since 1995. Its a lowly 486 and serves as the DSL default gateway in our house (for 6 computers (two home offices)), also running Samba so I can seamlessly fileshare between the linux and windows computers. On-going configuration was a bit of a learning curve since they switched from ipchains to iptables, or was it the other way around? Anyway, it has worked great. Security patches have to be applied as they are brought to my attention. There was one virus/worm in 1999 -- 'kaiten' got onto my box and stole part of my bandwidth. That took time to clean up that mess, so I try and keep on top of Linux diseases. Blocking ips is straightforward -- a command to iptables to deny service. I used to see about twenty attempts per hour to look into the 'windows ' or 'winnt' directory of the linux box. Hope this info helps.
TameasDust	Date: January 26, 2004 @ 8:11 PM bump
johnnygnote	Date: January 27, 2004 @ 1:35 AM I use Firestarter it works great, easy to use. http://firestarter.sourceforge.net/
withering	Date: January 27, 2004 @ 7:51 AM I have a debian firewall that is built inside the cardboard box I received the CPU in . All you need is some old pc components from a corporate trashbin, including 2 NIC cards, and a late night for installation and learning some iptables curses for NAT and blocking! And since it's debian, you can just: apt-get install apache and ...whoops, there you have a web server! apt-get install samba and ...whoops, there comes the file server! apt-get install courier-imap and ...whoops you run your own mail server! ...and on and on and on...
pog	Date: January 28, 2004 @ 10:22 PM hmm... just had a look at sourceforge this one looks like it may handle the goods http://sourceforge.net/projects/firewall-jay/ tell us how it goes, as I'm certain a lot of us could benefit from tha info good luck with it
figfarmer	Date: January 30, 2004 @ 2:02 AM There's a really small one called smoothwall that comes highly praised amongst folks I know.
gothian	Date: July 25, 2004 @ 11:54 PM Do not get confused... if you have Linux, you have a firewall whether you like it or not, because you have IPtables (though you can compile a new kernel and forget to put them). What you need is not an easy firewall... you need an easy way to control your IPtables, and as one has suggested here, Firestarter is one of the easiest
wet1	Date: July 1, 2005 @ 7:47 PM You might try smoothwall for linux. Do a google for it. I have just installed so can't really say that it is great or not yet. Haven't had the chance yet to play with it.

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