Which Distribution is The Best

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Which Distribution is The Best

Postby ammar » Fri Aug 05, 2005 12:03 pm

I had to setup an Internet Gateway machine for about 250 computers ..recommend which distribution to use

1) Fedora core 4
2) openwall
3)ip-cop
4)starcom
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Postby linuxgeek » Fri Aug 05, 2005 11:33 pm

dude ipcop's the way to go , you might want to look at smoothwall too!

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Postby LinuxFreaK » Sun Aug 07, 2005 12:23 am

Dear ammar,
Salam,

ammar wrote:I had to setup an Internet Gateway machine for about 250 computers ..recommend which distribution to use

1) Fedora core 4
2) openwall
3)ip-cop
4)starcom


Go for OpenWall

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salam

Postby AsadRasheed » Sun Aug 14, 2005 12:02 am

Dear ammar,

I think IPCOP is good for you.

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Postby ashariqbal » Wed Aug 17, 2005 5:15 pm

depends on what sort of restrictions you want to setup and who the admin will be.
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Postby LinuxFreaK » Thu Aug 18, 2005 2:45 am

Dear ashariqbal,
Salam,

ashariqbal wrote:depends on what sort of restrictions you want to setup and who the admin will be.


Yes, right but i think he is the only one who will use/admin of the server !!

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