Re: [TCLUG:10256] Cheap PCs, the sequel - Linux Router Project

["Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom" <carls@agritech.com>]

>LRP is not the most "user-friendly" linux distribution, and I did
>experience some frustrations setting it up (inadequate documentation,
>bogus nameserver entries in the default /etc/resolv.conf file). 
>Nonetheless, it seems like one of the better options for setting up a
>firewall on a home network.
        I actually thought some parts of it were rather good. the scripts
set up for menuing basic tasks were very helpful. (don'cha wish all menuing
systems were that good?)
        on the other hand, I did have a PITA working with kernel modules for
it. (didn't have another machine with the right kernel version). so I gave
up on it.

it does some nifty stuff tho. I know someone who configured theirs to take
down the external network interface, unless someone was trying to access
outwards; thus making an uncrackable machine while no one was using it. :)

Carl Soderstrom
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Minnesota DHIA		Buffalo, MN	
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