On Fri, 30 May 2003 09:54:37 -0600 "Petty, Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote....
> I am a seasoned admin, working with Solaris, AIX and the fluffy penguin
> now for 8 years or so....
>
> I have learned quite a lot about the trade, including to be very
> cautious about proclaiming a system to be secure if I don't absolutely
> positively kinda believe it is....
>
> Thus my question:
>
> I want to setup a Linux firewall for a small network of 15 machines
> connected live to the internet via broadband. I don't want to put
> something in place that has a glaring hole I don't know about that makes
> the installation more insecure with a false sense of security.
You might look at leaf.sourceforge.net.. Can do anything from booting
from write protected floppy, to compact flash, to CD-R... I've deployed it
several places, and it works well.. I use Bering.. It's using a 2.4.x
kernel (up to .20 currently), and is under active development..
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