Personally I did look at building a firewall, but in the end left it to the big boys and have gone Cisco throughout the house. So Cisco router, firewall (ASA5505) and access point.
Regards, -- --[ UxBoD ]-- // PGP Key: "curl -s http://www.splatnix.net/uxbod.asc | gpg --import" // Fingerprint: F57A 0CBD DD19 79E9 1FCC A612 CB36 D89D 2C5A 3A84 // Keyserver: www.keyserver.net Key-ID: 0x2C5A3A84 // Phone: +44 845 869 2749 SIP Phone: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- "Alan Lord" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joseph L. Casale wrote: > > <snip /> > Ahhh - good question; I was waiting for someone to ask... I haven't. > > > > I only really needed a content filter for the younger members of my > > family. When I upgraded "the boys'" computer to Edubuntu, I found a > > great thread that helped me add Dan's Guardian and a proxy onto that > > machine. (It runs as root and he can't do anything about it... Hee > Heee. > > Until he learns how to hack I guess. But by then I doubt I'll care > much > > about him looking at porn anyway). > > > > As for a firewall, we have one built into my dsl router and it's quite > > locked down. I have only one M$ PC left in the household (but not for > > much longer) so other forms of protection are largely unnecessary > today. > > Of course that may change over time but for now I'm quite happy. > > > > I should think a GUI like Firestarter (http://www.fs-security.com/) > > would be my next port of call if/when I decide to add a firewall to my > > server. > > > > HTH and thanks for asking. > > > > Al > > > > PS - I did test Untangle on a VM and on a separate partition of my VIA > > host as it now installs cleanly on Ubuntu servers using apt. But is > was > > just too much hassle to migrate the existing apps over to an Ubuntu > > Server. If my OS hadn't been a roll-your-own I would have probably > used it. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users