Re: [CentOS] How to setup a computer using CentOS6 as a firewall for the whole network in my place?

2012-02-26 Thread Ryan Wagoner
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Miguel Medalha wrote: > > pfsense for a newbie? > > > > A CentOS-like firewall would be ClearOS (formerly Clarkconnect) and > again would reduce the number of simultaneously-learned layers to wade > through. While it works very well, it is yet another layer and di

Re: [CentOS] How to setup a computer using CentOS6 as a firewall for the whole network in my place?

2012-02-24 Thread Ljubomir Ljubojevic
On 02/24/2012 09:13 PM, Miguel Medalha wrote: > >> pfsense for a newbie? > > Yup! Based on the simple requirements that the OP expressed, i.e. "a > firewall for the whole network in my place", I would again recommend > pfsense. It may seem paradoxical but it's not. It just *works* after a > very si

Re: [CentOS] How to setup a computer using CentOS6 as a firewall for the whole network in my place?

2012-02-24 Thread Miguel Medalha
> pfsense for a newbie? > > A CentOS-like firewall would be ClearOS (formerly Clarkconnect) and again > would reduce the number of simultaneously-learned layers to wade through. > While it works very well, it is yet another layer and difference to learn, > and when learning is is really good to

Re: [CentOS] How to setup a computer using CentOS6 as a firewall for the whole network in my place?

2012-02-24 Thread Miguel Medalha
> pfsense for a newbie? Yup! Based on the simple requirements that the OP expressed, i.e. "a firewall for the whole network in my place", I would again recommend pfsense. It may seem paradoxical but it's not. It just *works* after a very simple and quick installation. The user only has to answ

Re: [CentOS] How to setup a computer using CentOS6 as a firewall for the whole network in my place?

2012-02-24 Thread Lamar Owen
On Thursday, February 23, 2012 07:37:08 PM Miguel Medalha wrote: > "I use Linux servers and a pfsense firewall to protect the network. > Works like a charm, with amazing stability and reliability." pfsense for a newbie? A CentOS-like firewall would be ClearOS (formerly Clarkconnect) and again wo

Re: [CentOS] How to setup a computer using CentOS6 as a firewall for the whole network in my place?

2012-02-23 Thread Miguel Medalha
> For a newbie one like me ... which option you would advise me to go for? > I do not have any special preferences but I do care for the one that > is more stable and provide really more security. It seems to me that the last line of my previous post already contained my answer to your questio

Re: [CentOS] How to setup a computer using CentOS6 as a firewall for the whole network in my place?

2012-02-23 Thread Wuxi Ixuw
I think your words makes more sense and counting. For a newbie one like me ... which option you would advise me to go for? I do not have any special preferences but I do care for the one that is more stable and provide really more security. Thanks On 24/02/2012 01:02 AM, Miguel Medalha wrote: >

Re: [CentOS] How to setup a computer using CentOS6 as a firewall for the whole network in my place?

2012-02-23 Thread Miguel Medalha
Why does it have to be CentOS? If you want a wonderful router/firewall that you can have up and running in a few minutes, you should look at this: www.pfsense.org I quote from their website: "pfSense is a free, open source customized distribution of FreeBSD tailored f

Re: [CentOS] How to setup a computer using CentOS6 as a firewall for the whole network in my place?

2012-02-23 Thread Ljubomir Ljubojevic
On 02/23/2012 11:31 PM, Wuxi Ixuw wrote: > Hello > in one of the emails I sent earlier ; mark (m.r...@5-cent.us) mentioned: > >> install linux on a computer with two ethernet cards. connect eth0 to >> your internet connection, and eth1 to your local network. configure >> iptables

Re: [CentOS] How to setup a computer using CentOS6 as a firewall for the whole network in my place?

2012-02-23 Thread Tim Evans
On 02/23/2012 05:31 PM, Wuxi Ixuw wrote: > Hello > in one of the emails I sent earlier ; mark (m.r...@5-cent.us) mentioned: > >> install linux on a computer with two ethernet cards. connect eth0 to >> your internet connection, and eth1 to your local network. configure >> iptables

[CentOS] How to setup a computer using CentOS6 as a firewall for the whole network in my place?

2012-02-23 Thread Wuxi Ixuw
Hello in one of the emails I sent earlier ; mark (m.r...@5-cent.us) mentioned: > install linux on a computer with two ethernet cards. connect eth0 to > your internet connection, and eth1 to your local network. configure > iptables firewall rules in the linux system. or install pfse