IPCop seems to be a Linux distro used to turn a PC into a firewall. What I want is to just run a firewall on the one machine that I do everything on. I don't think I really need to have a seperate firewall but maybe I'm wrong. Troy.A Johnson wrote: > I have tried IP Cop and it made a P75 into > a nice dialup firewall. > > >>>>scot+tcluggen at thinkunix.net 09/04/03 05:37PM >>> > > You could start here for some pointers: > http://thinkunix.net/unix/security/firewalls/ > > I've heard IP Cop is pretty good but I haven't tried it. > > Rick Meyerhoff wrote: > >>The only firewall I have tried on Linux is the one that you can control > > >>from the Mandrake Control Center. It's not well-developed enough yet so > > >>I'm looking for something better. I have been using ZoneAlarm on >>Windoze, since it *really* needs a firewall but I'm guessing Linux does > > >>things a bit differently. >> >>So, can someone recommend a Linux firewall for home/personal use? I >>would also like to know what's happening "under the hood" so if there is > > >>a good, but not too detailed explanation somewhere, please let me know. > > -- Eric (Rick) Meyerhoff rick at eworld3.net 952-929-1659 _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list