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DIY FOSS firewall/ router

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On 03/01/18 07:23, John wrote:
 > Slightly different issue but I am part way through an upgrade from
 > Whezzy to Stretch.  After the upgrade to Jessie my (headless) computer
 > failed to boot.  After a struggle getting keyboard and screen it
 > stalled after loading the kernel, probably a broken initrd file
 >
 > It booted OK with  the last Whezzy kernel but I am afraid to try to
 > upgrade to Stretch with this suspect system.  Problem is this machine
 > is the interface between the LAN and the Internet so without it things
 > are difficult
 > ==John ffitch

I built and ran a do-it-yourself Debian firewall/ router back in the 
day, learned iptables (or whatever), etc..  It worked, but I knew I was 
no expert and worried about security.


Then I discovered purpose-built FOSS firewall/ router distributions:

1.  I found IPCop to be the easiest to install, configure, and 
administer.  Unfortunately, the web site is down at the moment.

2.  I found pfsense to be the most sophisticated:

https://www.pfsense.org/


David

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DIY FOSS firewall/ router David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-03-02 05:30 +0100

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