[clue-tech] New territory

[Jef Barnhart]

Adam,

I have two machines that I have to manage. No problems for the last 2
years that they have been in service. These are old machines that have
given me no problems. The one thing that you should keep in mind is that
"Keep It Simple." Bare hardware with nothing more than what is needed to
do the job.

Also if you are doing multiple machines, check into fwbuilder. This
should help in the management of those machines.
http://www.fwbuilder.org/
http://www.bastille-linux.org/ 

If you already use these, just ignore this.

Jef


On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 08:28:43 -0900
Adam bultman <adamb at glaven.org> wrote:

> Angelo: 
> 
> How large is your network?  How many machines do you take care of?
> 
> I manage four linux firewalls at the moment, and it's a nightmare. I'd
> gladly swap them out for ciscos or watchguards or anything that is
> easier to manage and less prone to errors.   Perhaps I'm just jaded; I
> just have had way too many problems with linux based firewalls (disk
> problems, cpu problems, ram problems, scsi card problems, OS
> problems...) that hearing about my friends and contemporaries with
> appliance-style firewalls that don't crash and have minimal
> maintenance makes me salivate.
> 
> 
> Adam
> 
> Angelo Bertolli wrote:
> 
> > Matt Atkins wrote:
> >
> >> I got permission from my boss to look into a Linux server/firewall
> >> solution to replace the SonicWALLs.  He wants me to come up with a
> >> cost justification on making the switch, and a basic plan of the
> >> configuration of the machine.  I am positive that I can get some
> >> great ideas from this list.
> >
> >
> > I don't know if you want to DIY or not, but I'd start with looking
> > at SmoothWall.
> >
> > http://www.smoothwall.net/
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