Speaking of *BSD firewalls, if you just want to make a nice little firewall box, I would recommend ClosedBSD (http://www.closedbsd.org/)
Don't need to know much *nix to get it working, runs on almost anything you have laying around in your closet, and quick to setup. -Peter Ash wrote: >>In other words, OpenBSD would probably be superior, but is it worth using >>while I climb the steep learning curve? > > > Warning, this is an opinion! :-) > > I think that it would be best to set up a Unix firewall and playwith it > before implementing it on your home network. You could experiment with > it and play around a bit before attempting to use it in production. This > way you wouldn't be totally lost when trying to get it to work. > > PF is pretty simple. Here are some good links on it: > > Design and Performance of the OpenBSD Stateful Packet Filter - Daniel > Hartmeier > http://www.benzedrine.cx/pf-paper.html > > The OpenBSD Packet Filter HOWTO > http://www.inebriated.demon.nl/pf-howto/ > > The OpenBSD PF Manpage > >http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pf&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html > > Cheers, > Ash > > --- > Darkfire Secure Linux -- http://www.gnulinux.net > >
