[CLUE-Tech] Small network security distro recommendations?

[Randy Arabie]

Quoting skipworthy at realivetech.com:

> Hey-
> 
> I was on my way to sourcefourge to look for this, but I thought I'd toss it
> out to you guys for your thoughts...
> 
> I want to build a firewall/router box, that should also  be able to do
> things like logging and intrusion detection,  email alerts and so on, and
> some other white-hat stuff. I'd like it to be lightweight, but be able to
> optionally run a simple xserver/GUI and a fairly complete set of tools.
> 
> I plan on using a P233, with 6G or so of harddrive space and less than 128M
> of RAM
> 
> I know this leaves alot of room- it shouldn't be hard to find somehting.
> What I want to know is: what have you guys used for this kind of setup, or
> heard of, that you are impressed with/exciited about?

It might help to understand what your goal is, beyond ending up with 
a "firewall/router box".

Is this a production environment or a sandbox?

Are you familiar with all the individual "packages" you will want/need to do 
all things you want it to do?

There are many (dozens?) of mini/security linux distro's that would meet your 
needs.  Or, if you know precisely which packages you want/need you could just 
install them via the expert or individual package selection methods that come 
with most linux distro's.
-- 
Allons Rouler!

Randy
http://www.arabie.org/