Firewall, etc, box

[mirukux]

After salvaging a fairly new mobo, ram and hdd from a mini-tower I found abandoned next to a recycling bin a couple of weeks ago, I’m looking to put together a firewall/gateway/misc server box for kicks and educational purposes.

After a Wikipedia/Google trawl, the options I’ve come up with for a suitable set-up are Endian, eBox Platform , SME

Comments

[tehblahhh]

Iva used pfSense. Its fairly solid, but doesnt beat a handhacked custom install (of either *BSD or linux) for when you really need something set up exactly right (prio on ports n through m, drop packets on ports t through u, make sure the MTU is right for the ADSL line, and a few other things on top... ).

[kasyx]

I second a Linux install. We've just done the same, and it's a dream. Hell, we've even got an Exchange-compatible server on it ;-)

If you want details, my better half did most of the work, I can pass on questions/IRC/MSN details if you want.

[savageteddybear]

http://www.smoothwall.org/