-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ron Johnson wrote: > On 09/28/06 20:27, Jay Zach wrote: >>> Ron Johnson wrote: >>>> On 09/28/06 14:18, Jay Zach wrote: >>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>>>>> Dear Debian Support, >>>> [snip] >>>>> Although, I use Debian for everything else Linux, I use IPCop >>>>> (http://ipcop.org) for what you are wanting. I think it would be >>>>> a lot simpler for you to setup for that purpose than Debian, as >>>>> that is what it's designed to do from the ground up. >>>> The IpCop About page mentions Linux Firewall Distribution about 85 >>>> times, but not web caching and filtering. >>>> >>> >>> It has web caching builtin -- >>> http://www.ipcop.org/1.4.0/en/admin/html/services.html#services_webproxy >>> >>> Filtering is accomplished by easy to install addons that include Dan's >>> Guardian or urlfilter. Advanced Proxy is also available as an addon and >>> gives more caching control, and advanced options like ldap >>> authentication, all done through an easy to use html interface (although >>> installing the addons requires following a few simple steps through >>> ssh). Here is a site that has many, many addons for IPCop, including >>> Cop+ which includes Dan's Guardian... >>> http://firewalladdons.sourceforge.net/ >>> >>> IMHO, it's a lot simpler to set up for someone new to linux, but there >>> may be exceptions. > > Good to know. OP is pretty insistent that he only wants caching & > filtering. Since IPcop is the Linux *Firewall* Distribution, will > it try to force itself into also being firewall, gateway, etc? > > -- > Ron Johnson, Jr. > Jefferson LA USA > > Is "common sense" really valid? > For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that > whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins > are mud people. > However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
I guess I misread the part of the OP about the firewall/router, for some reason, I thought they were going to replace that, also. I'm pretty sure IPCop wouldn't mind not being the gateway, but it might not be quite as good a choice as I was thinking. I see where you're coming from, now ;) - -- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday Sep 18, 2006 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQEVAwUBRRyC7K3rZxntQpytAQLFZAf+Ov5i7xDbMdP8PxabK/+A+qw0pZOLEXhD cmXPsV25muc8nJnxi6/zvFJc+BijxvF/X89EuIdAjemYvrCZerxjxQrsyeOvLM/4 DKJ9sNS5QljGRTOKEP/Kr6K+nSh1um8J3UZ8CBblbSj21AMyRQE+LpY5vRzO75iN efIGo9RQISRq6bnUkGn5VR9Lmy2aLC1EquF0GVxd9GiFS99yxz0VnZmOjKD6QjdY gZDQMTXR+OvO+9q7NSWpnZgKahh/03Uo7xw02jDcOL0k5IB/bHa3uwimr6nGjmaz fiCiDQg/shCL6gJ1F6/Mj5qJYPxLfgDc9PNFtaWaZCvmpIH8Sb1MZQ== =Owje -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]